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Can I Sue Miley Cyrus If Her Snacks Make Me Sick?
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Just read about the recall on the Hannah Montana granola bars, which may have bad peanuts in them? If I eat one and it gives me salmonella, can I sue Miley Cyrus?
—StoneC
God, that would be fun, wouldn't it? I mean, once you ceased to vomit your spleen out of your eye sockets.
As amusing as the pretrial publicity would be—would she have to appear in wig?—the reality is, Miley Cyrus is pretty much bulletproof in this situation. She's only a face on a package, not a peanut mogul or granola-bar maker. All that said, there's always one exception to everything.
There is one way that Miley could, in fact, get dragged into court over offensive peanuts and sickening bar. It's unlikely, but here goes...
Do you live in China? That would help, says attorney Bill Marler, who represents victims in food-poisoning cases.
"China has recently passed a law saying someone who becomes sickened from a product can sue someone who puts their name on the product or is part of the campaign for the product," Marler tells me.
But in the U.S., Marler says, we have no such laws. "Your only recourse is against the people who made the granola bar," Marler says, "and the company in Georgia that produced the peanuts."
In other words, unless Cyrus actually owns the facility that made the recalled item—in this case, a granola bar—her millions (or $1 billion in worth, if you believe the reports) is untouchable.
Seriously. You're better off just eating a Stallone protein pudding instead.
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