<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I have read Linda Goldkrantz posting regarding lawsuit involving gluten free surcharges. I also feel the lawsuit is very damaging to us celiac patients. I am very grateful that some restaurants take the time and expense for training and furnish gluten free items to celiac patients. Restaurants typically are not a get rich quick scheme or scam, and I am willing to pay the couple extra dollars just to be able to eat when I am traveling. I'm not a rich person, I am retired and live on a really small pension, and I do feel that all of my foods are very expensive, even the foods I buy to cook at home., but restaurants are not the problem. The problem lies in american politics. If our foods were safely handled in the first place and not controlled by politicians and their political lobbyists who pay the FDA and USDA to keep approving and selling unhealthy products we might be somewhat better off. Many other countries reimburse celiac patients or provide a stipend for the added cost of their gluten free foods. It is considered a medical need as it should be. The problem is not ignored as in America because everything involving food and health is run by Pharmaceutical and chemical industries and their fatcat lobbyists. Mary in Michigan *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List* Archives are at: Http://Listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?LIST=CELIAC