Tag Archives: Personal Injury Lawsuits

by | May 17, 2013 · 5:46 am

Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: Texas Restaurant Sued For “Negligence” After Patron Drinks Beer Containing “Lye-Like Cleaning Agent”; Seeks $100,000 For Medical Costs And Damages

“…the restaurant had used the lye-like cleaning agent to disinfect the Budweiser keg that morning but had failed to properly rinse the container Hospitality Industry Injury Lawsuitsbefore refilling it with the beer (the plaintiff) would later drink…he is seeking between $50,000 and $100,000 from Red Lobster and the company that cleaned the Dallas location’s beer tap system to cover medical expenses and compensate for his physical pain…”

Though it’s an isolated incident, a man from Panama City, Fla., claims he was on the receiving end of Red Lobster’s worst nightmare when he was scorched with potassium hydroxide — lye — from a Budweiser he drank during a business lunch in Dallas earlier this month. According to The Dallas Observer, Justin Grogg took a sip of his beer and immediately felt his throat, esophagus and stomach starting to burn.

According to Grogg’s lawsuit, he got the attention of the restaurant’s manager, who told him to “drink water and go to the hospital.” The complaint alleges the manager knew that the beer tap system had been cleaned that morning with potassium hydroxide, which is caustic and can cause severe bodily harm if swallowed.

Doctors treated Grogg quickly, but he still experienced “severe pain” and was told he could develop “esophageal strictures, esophageal reflux changes, and/or pharyngeal infection in the future as a result of the ingestion of the potassium hydroxide.”

For more:  http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=1eb6230e-9215-4124-bd5f-5c9eb5ff49ce

Comments Off on Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: Texas Restaurant Sued For “Negligence” After Patron Drinks Beer Containing “Lye-Like Cleaning Agent”; Seeks $100,000 For Medical Costs And Damages

Filed under Food Illnesses, Guest Issues, Injuries, Liability, Management And Ownership, Risk Management

Tagged as , , , , ,

by | April 30, 2013 · 5:54 am

Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: Louisiana Hotel Sued By Guest Who Broke His Nose Walking Into A Glass Door; Claims “Unmarked Electric Glass Door Failed To Open Properly”

“…The (hotel) is accused of failing to keep doors properly functioning for its guest, failing to have doors properly marked for its guest, failing to Hospitality Industry Injury Lawsuitsensure the safety of its guest, failing to comply with the legal and contractual obligations for its guest, failing to act in good faith in paying for the losses of its guest and breaching its fiduciary duties and obligations for its guests…”

An Atlanta, Ga. man is suing a local hotel after he broke his nose when he walked face first into a glass door. Timothy Daniel filed a lawsuit against Clarion Inn & Suites, Choice Hotel International Inc. and their insurer in the Orleans Parish Central District Court on Feb. 15.

Daniel claims that while exiting the hotel building, without any warning signs, he walked into an unmarked electric glass door and broke his nose because the door failed to open properly.

The plaintiff is seeking full and just compensation for his losses caused by the injuries.

For more:  http://louisianarecord.com/news/251299-hotel-guest-sues-over-broken-nose-after-walking-into-glass-door

2 Comments

Filed under Guest Issues, Injuries, Insurance, Liability, Management And Ownership

Tagged as , , , , , ,

by | April 19, 2013 · 6:49 am

Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: Pennsylvania Restaurant Franchisee Sued By Manager Who Fractured Ankle After Slipping In Puddle Of Water; Seeking Over $50,000 In Damages

“…The suit alleges that (plaintiff) sustained an ankle fracture that required surgery after she slipped on a puddle of water at the KFC restaurant Hospitality Industry Injury Lawsuitsthat she managed…she sustained the ankle fracture, contusions, abrasions, lacerations and nerve damage, as well as trauma, mental upset, anguish and humiliation…”

A case involving a Philadelphia-area fast food manager who claims she broke her ankle after slipping on a puddle of water at her place of employment may have to proceed in federal, not state court, after defense attorneys filed a motion to transfer the litigation. Nicholas J. Renzi, of Adams Renzi Law in Philadelphia, filed a personal injury complaint at the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on April 2 on behalf of his client, city resident Benet Moultrie-Long and her husband, Curtis Long.

On that same day, employees with Temple, Texas-based McLane Foodservice Inc. and McLane Company had delivered frozen items to the fast food restaurant, which is located in Conshohocken, Montgomery County.

This week, attorney Jon Michael Dumont, of the Philadelphia firm Rawle & Henderson, filed a petition with the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia seeking to move the litigation to that venue.

The defense lawyers contend that in reading the plaintiff’s lawsuit, it appears damages would exceed the $50,000 jurisdictional limit at the Court of Common Pleas.

For more:  http://pennrecord.com/news/9790-defense-lawyers-petition-to-remove-kfc-injury-case-to-federal-court

Comments Off on Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: Pennsylvania Restaurant Franchisee Sued By Manager Who Fractured Ankle After Slipping In Puddle Of Water; Seeking Over $50,000 In Damages

Filed under Injuries, Insurance, Labor Issues, Liability, Maintenance, Management And Ownership

Tagged as , , , , ,

by | February 21, 2013 · 6:31 am

Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: Colorado Hotel And Restaurant Sued By Woman Who “Drank Bleach In A Water Glass”; Lawsuit Seeks $100,000 For “Negligence And Breach Of Implied Warranties Of Merchantability And Wholesomeness Of Food”

“…(plaintiff) suffered serious and continual medical problems, including the inability to eat effectively, persistent acid reflux syndrome, digestive problems and other symptoms…(her) relationship with her husband Hospitality Industry Injury Lawsuitsand her ability to care for her children have been affected…among the claims in the lawsuit are negligence, breach of implied warranties of “merchantability and wholesomeness of food,” loss of consortium and a violation of Colorado’s premises liability statute…”

A Basalt woman is suing the owner and operator of the Viceroy Snowmass, alleging that she was served and drank out of a glass that had bleach in it at the hotel’s Eight K restaurant. The incident happened during brunch in February 2011, according to the lawsuit by Janine and John Reichert. The suit, filed Tuesday in Pitkin County District Court, seeks more than $100,000. It lists Base Village Owner, the hotel’s owner, and Viceroy operator KHM Snowmass as the defendants.

After being seated, a waiter poured water for the Reicherts’ party from a pitcher, wrote their attorney, Alan Feldman of Aspen, in the lawsuit. “Immediately after Janine drank from the glass, she jumped up out of her seat, stating that she had drank chemicals and needed to get to the bathroom as she was going to throw up,” the lawsuit says. “Janine’s throat began to burn and swell up. … [She] raced to the restroom, where she became violently ill.”

John Reichert dipped his finger in her glass and allegedly tasted a bleach solution. The wait staff then cleared all of the glasses from the table and disposed of their contents, Feldman wrote. One Eight K employee allegedly told John Reichert that “it is typical for the water pitchers to be soaked in a solution of bleach for sterilization and that the waiter could have picked up a water jug soaking in this bleach solution, believing it to be drinking water,” Feldman wrote.

However, as Janine Reichert was talking to a poison-control operator, a manager allegedly told her that she had ingested merely the residue from the bleach left on the jug.

For more:  http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/156795

Comments Off on Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: Colorado Hotel And Restaurant Sued By Woman Who “Drank Bleach In A Water Glass”; Lawsuit Seeks $100,000 For “Negligence And Breach Of Implied Warranties Of Merchantability And Wholesomeness Of Food”

Filed under Claims, Food Illnesses, Guest Issues, Injuries, Insurance, Liability, Maintenance, Training

Tagged as , , , , , , , ,