McDonald’s Won’t Try to Stop Activists
From Times Wire Reports
Despite winning a libel case against them, McDonald’s Corp. said it won’t try to stop two vegetarians from handing out leaflets calling the burger chain a menace to animals and its customers. McDonald’s also will not try to recover any of its legal costs, estimated at $16 million, or to collect the $98,000 in symbolic damages that it won. McDonald’s defeated David Morris and Helen Steel last month when a judge ruled that the activists’ leaflet had defamed the company. But Justice Rodger Bell found that several allegations--including that the company was responsible for animal cruelty and that it pays workers in Britain poorly--were true.
