Inmates try to sue booze makers for a billion dollars
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Five inmates at the Idaho State Correctional Institution south of Boise are suing a handful of major beer and wine companies, contending that alcohol led to their crimes and that they should have been warned that the beverages can be addictive.
The Idaho Statesman reports Keith Allen Brown, Steven J. Thompson, Woodrow J. Grant, Cory A. Baugh and Jeremy J. Brown filed the lawsuit in Boise's U.S. District Court last month.
The inmates say Miller Brewing Company, Anheuser-Busch, E. and J. Gallo Winery and other alcohol companies should put warning labels on their products to inform consumers that they are habit forming and addictive, and they're asking for $1 billion in damages.
They don't have an attorney, and the beer and wine companies have not responded to the lawsuit.
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Information from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press
I'm shocked, shocked that these people didn't know alcohol was addictive.
How does this make the news? It is total BS and therefore must be ignored...
 @Paul Kersey. Nice job of ignoring it there, bub.
Another frivolous attempt to defraud endorsed by an attorney, no doubt, and approved by a judge eager to keep up the income of the criminal-legal industry.
 @Reis Kash No. It's just inmates trolling the rest of us. If you're unsure what an internet troll is, see
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noone one forced them to drink think they should man up and accept responsiblity and quit trying to blame others
oh really grown men didn't know boozing in excess could led them to do stupid things seems like a cut and dry case to me these scum should be laughed out of court
 @Darrin Travis Kelley You're so cute when you're stupid...which is always.
Ahaaahaahaaa...oh my...any thing for a buck...even the criminals!!!
@UsaidWHAT I thought you coulden't drink in jail...Cuz these jokers gotta be drunk on draino to come up with a get rich quick plan like that. Only in America folks=)