Today, in Kentucky, started the deliberations on a trial that’s been advertised so much until now. Louise Ogborn, 21, is suing one of the biggest fast food companies in the world, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), after being fooled intro stripping by a hoax policeman named “Officer Scott” that pretended she has stolen a purse from a customer. Louise was 18 at that time, with a “white as milk” clean record and great references.

Summers, 51, conceded later that she had never known Ogborn to do a thing dishonest. But she nonetheless led Ogborn to the restaurant’s small office, locked the door, and — following the caller’s instructions — ordered her to remove one item of clothing at a time, until she was naked. Courier Journal

Ogborn is also suing Donna Jean Summers, her manager at that time that never protected her from the fake cop or investigating if the case was real, hiding under a very “solid” excuse of running the restaurant on a busy Friday night. Why is she on trial here, is pretty obvious. Though she followed the general rule in business, “the client always comes first”, she failed in being a moral person that can decide between good and wrong and that thing cost her a conviction for unlawful imprisonment.

All I can say right now is that Louise Ogborn has a pretty good case and that I hope her to win, because this is not just a McDonald’s lawsuit, is a trial to demand good morals and dignity, besides money.

via AssociatedPress

** Update: Friday, October 5th, the jury awarded $5 million in punitive damages and about $1.1 million in compensatory damages to Louise Ogborn. Donna Summers and Kim Dockery, another assistant manager for McDonald’s were named as defendants in Ogborn’s suit, but the jury ruled they did not have to pay any damages.

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