class action against the FDA and Health Canada

[dk2]

Lets start our own suit against the FDA and Health Canada. Get every member of this forum to pitch in $10 for legal fees and we'll go after them for making false statements and misleading the public. This will help to push our own agenda and policy by going on the offensive. It's impossible that we'd lose.

So who's with me?? What lawyers or firms want to take this on? My paypal accts ready to send $10.

Lets just get some names and pledges together 10 buck minimum, once we get say 3000 posts thats $30k enough for us to easily get a class action lawyer they'll take a percentage off the settlement as well. Each person would send the lawyer their donation directly. But first things first we need to see if there is enough interest from the members.

 

[The Mosh]

Sure, no problem.
I'll chip in $10. I just spent $50 on atomizers.

 

[dk2]

okay so there's twenty bucks on the table in less than five minutes c'mon people it's our health lets do this

 

[Neon]

Hey DK2,

You know im in on this as well!! How much will it cost us to do this ?

Neon.

 

[68stang]

I'd be in as well. If somebody actually puts this together and we could pay direct to the attorney I bet you would have most everybody join in

 

[hazyrecollection]

I've got $1000 for this cause.

I saved it by not smoking.

 

[dk2]

lets just get some names and pledges together 10 buck minimum, once we get say 3000 posts thats $30k enough for us to easily get a class action lawyer they'll take a percentage off the settlement as well. Each person would send the lawyer their donation directly. But first things first we need to see if there is enough interest from the members.

 

[laurieok]

Count me in! I am all for it!

 

[bobtow]

Count me in also

 

[AJMoore]

Sure, I'm in.

 

[stroh22]

Sign me up for it also.

 

[carbine]

By the time big tobacco backs the FDA, we don't stand a chance. Nice thought though...and I'll still put in 10 bucks.

 

[Calaban]

I'd chip in

 

[larktdl]

Count me in for at least $10

 

[bensteffen23]

I'd hit it.

Let me know when it's all set up.

 

[68stang]

we could win, thanks to the current state of economy we could win the public debate, big tobacco and FDA trying to bully small people...class action....yes we could win

 

[Wafflestomper]

I'd be on board for that..

..just so long as we don't inadvertanly do something detrimental.

 

[markarich159]

The doctrine of Sovereign Immunity would not allow us to sue the FDA since it is a part of the Federal Government. Only in certain cases where the Government has waived their sovereign immunity is suing the Federal Gov. allowed.

Even if we could sue the FDA and win, any payout by the FDA would ultimately come from the taxpayers(since the FDA is funded by our taxes). So we would , in essence, be suing ourselves.

 

[Cielo]

I would of course give 10 dollars to this if its possible.

 

[dk2]

The doctrine of Sovereign Immunity would not allow us to sue the FDA since it is a part of the Federal Government. Only in certain cases where the Government has waived their sovereign immunity is suing the Federal Gov. allowed.

Even if we could sue the FDA and win, any payout by the FDA would ultimately come from the taxpayers(since the FDA is funded by our taxes). So we would , in essence, be suing ourselves.

Governments have been sued before, and you didn't say whether or not your willing to pledge $10, lets leave the what we can and can't do to the lawyers. Markarich are you in or out? The idea behind this isn't to make money it's to let the FDA know that when they start lying and twsiting facts for their own purposes and those purposes are not in the best interest of the public that we the people will hold the FDA and other organizations accountable, forcing thousands of people to use deadly tobbacco when a safer alternative is available is not right. The FDA and Health Canada could have stated from the beginning that they support the idea of safer alternatives to tobbacco smoking and will allow pv's until further studies can be made to determine the long term health risks if any. Instead they chose to use scare tactics and forced people to believe that smoking tobacco or quitting are the only two options.

Ps left out their third alternative which is their own approved cessation products which don't work for 95 percent of the smokers out there, especially for the long term.