Real-life Occurrence of Fried Non-food Animal
Boyd Nation
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>I just heard on the radio news this morning:
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>A man from Brandon, Mississippi has filed suit in Rankin County District
>Court because of emotional suffering he has undergone because of a fried
>mouse he found in an order of chicken nuggets that was served to him and
>his mother in 1987. No restaurant name was given. I'll check today's
>paper and post more details tomorrow if I can find them.
More details, courtesy of the Jackson, Ms. Clarion-Ledger:
On Tuesday (4/2/91), a jury found in favor of the company that owned the
restaurant, stating basically that although they believed that the mouse
had been there, the plaintiff had failed to prove any damages as a result
of the fried critter.
The restaurant was a Popeye's chicken restaurant.
One of the expert witnesses, who testified that the composition of the
grease on the mouse parts was virtually identical to the grease on the
chicken and onion rings, was the guy who taught me freshman chemistry
here at good ole MSU. (OK, so that one's probably of interest only to
me; I just thought it was odd.)
The plaintiff had a videocamera in his car at the time and made a
videotape of the table with the offending plate on it.
Great quote from the plaintiff: "I'll never be able to look at fried
food the same again."
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