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Chowder A Bit Too Chewy.
Four women have sued an Irvine restaurant after one
of them claims she found a condom in her clam chowder when dining there
last year.
One of the women, a Ms. Laila Sultan, said she was eating at McCormick &
Schmick's Seafood Restaurant when she bit into something rubbery.
When she spit it out, Sultan said she discovered it was an unwrapped,
rolled-up condom.
She said she spent the next 15 minutes in a restroom vomiting and has
since seen a psychiatrist and taken medication for depression and anxiety.
Sultan and her three dining companions, who were all having the clam
chowder that day, filed a lawsuit claiming negligence and intentional
infliction of emotional distress.
On February 26, 2002, Sultan says she and her companions ordered drinks,
appetizers and soup, but sent the soup back because it was lukewarm. When
she got it back she found the condom.
At the forthcoming trial, the restaurant chain will argue that "there is
absolutely no evidence to suggest the restaurant was the source of the
condom, or any employee of the restaurant," said Patrick Stark, the
attorney for McCormick & Schmick's, according to The Los Angeles Times.
"Either it came from (the four women) or it was thrown in as a practical
joke by another patron at the restaurant."
The women said the condom was seized by the restaurant manager and not
returned to them.
The women's lawsuit says the condom was "a possibly used one," but Stark
told The Times that, because it was rolled up, "it was clearly unused."
Source: NBC4.tv, Los Angeles Times, "Women Sue After Finding Condom
In Chowder, Customer Takes Rubbery Bite Of Chowder," November 11, 2003.
-- GOOD NEWS! --
The chewy chowder lawsuit has been
resolved.
The case was scheduled to begin on January 19, 2004 in Orange County
Superior Court but was canceled after the two sides reached a resolution.
Details were not released.
"The case has been resolved in its entirety," lawyers for both sides said
in a joint statement Monday. "Both sides are happy with the outcome."
Soup anyone?
Source: AP, Los Angeles Times, "Condom-In-Soup
Case Is Resolved in Calif." Jan. 13, 2004 .
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