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He was diagnosed with accidental exposure to alcohol and accidental ingestion, according to the report. He was given Tylenol and told to rest

OCALA, FLORIDA: A Florida woman was arrested for "acting out of control" at an Outback Steak House, and a Mojo Grill near Silver Springs, after she was found naked at the eateries, erratically throwing out alcohol bottles. Identified as 53-year-old Tina Kindred, the woman has since been charged with aggravated battery on law enforcement and felony criminal mischief after she flung wine bottles at a responding officer at the second eatery. The incident went down after the Ocala Police Department got a call from Mojo Grill on Silver Springs Blvd, Florida, reporting a naked woman “acting out of control", topless...

The natives are restless. She was tazed for her efforts.

Glen Burnie, Md. (WJLA) - A family says they are left heartbroken and saddened after they were asked to leave an Outback Steakhouse restaurant in Glen Burnie, Maryland on Saturday night because of their son who has neurological challenges. Amanda Braun's son, Killian, was born with a neurological disorder that affects his speech called Childhood Apraxia of Speech. The disorder affects Killian in many ways especially communication and behavior. Sometimes when he speaks, his words are unclear. However, Amanda says she's never had problems before the incident at Outback occurred and that Killian was not acting out of the ordinary....

A thought popped into Stephen Bonser’s head midway through Valentine’s Day. “If I went to Outback Steakhouse by myself tonight and asked for a table for 2, then got progressively sadder as the night went on alone, do you think they’d give me my steak for free?” the 27-year-old, who works in technology sales and lives in Washington, asked his hundreds of Twitter followers. His sister egged him on, telling him that she would pay for his meal on Thursday if the restaurant didn’t. Three hours later, Bonser was waiting by the host stand at the Outback Steakhouse in Arlington,...

LAKE WORTH, Fla. - A South Florida woman upset that her parents refused to take her to Outback Steakhouse was arrested after she attacked the couple Wednesday night, deputies said. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Deana Seltzer, 28, asked her mother to go to the popular chain restaurant in Lake Worth and was told no. Seltzer then became enraged and began punching her mother in the chest and arms, an arrest report said. Seltzer's father suffered multiple scratches to his face and body when he attempted to intervene. "Deana went around the house flipping recliners and tearing...

A uniformed officer carrying his service weapon was asked to leave an Outback Steakhouse restaurant because it is a designated “gun-free zone.” Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency officer Andrew Ward went to Outback Steakhouse to have dinner with his wife Friday evening, he wrote in a public Facebook post.Ward said in the post that a manager approached him and requested that he put his gun in his truck. Ward told the manager that he could not because he was in uniform and had to have his weapon on his person. The manager left to make a call, Ward writes, and then...

TAMPA, Fla., June 25, 2010 – A month-long campaign culminated yesterday with a $1 million gift from a restaurant chain to a nonprofit troop-support organization. Operation Homefront received the donation at a reception held in an Outback Steakhouse restaurant here. Participating Outback Steakhouse restaurants around the country held a “Thanks for Giving” campaign in March, in which customers could demonstrate support for the nation’s servicemembers by ordering from a special “Red, White and Bloomin’” menu. A portion of the proceeds from menu sales during the March initiative contributed to the $1 million commitment Outback Steakhouse made to Operation Homefront, officials...

Outback Steakhouse came to our Base today and fed 1,000 folks from several branches of the Military a GREAT meal today. It was all donated and Outback Steakhouse employees cooked and served. It was such a wonderful treat, I just had to publicly thank them. We had steak and baked potatoes, green beans, pasta, bread, salad and either cheesecake or a chocolate brownie. Can't tell you much we appreciated this gesture for us military folks here at home!

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan, June 15, 2007 – A large line could be seen extending from the chow hall here as the aroma of steak floated across the base June 13. Soldiers are treated to food from Outback Steakhouse on June 13 at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. Photo by Sgt. Matthew Clifton, USA  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Soldiers here were treated to a little taste of home when “Feeding Freedom 5” brought the “Down Under” taste of Outback Steakhouse to the base dining facility. “Feeding Freedom” is the program that brings food from Outback Steakhouse...

PHOENIX -- The Outback Steakhouse restaurant chain was sued Friday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which accused the company of denying women job opportunities and training needed to reach top management jobs. The federal lawsuit accuses the restaurant chain, owned by Tampa-based OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc., of denying women opportunities to be hired or promoted into management positions. To be considered for top management jobs at the company's restaurants, workers need to have varied assignments, especially in the kitchen, the suit states. But qualified women were denied those posts and passed over for less qualified male workers. "This...

Outback Steakhouse to pay bulk of settlement for serving driver alcohol By Steven Kreytak AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Friday, May 21, 2004 Michael Cunningham is full of hope. His family's Hyundai was crushed by a drunken driver's GMC Yukon almost three years ago, and his wife, Panchita Cunningham, 44, is now a paraplegic and living in a South Austin nursing home. But she recently started to move the eyelid and foot on her previously motionless left side. The drunken driver, David Elkin, was sent to prison for about a year for intoxication assault and is now working and living in Houston. Michael...

Heaven in time of war: 6,700 ribeyes // FIGHTING TERRORSt. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Jul 2, 2002; TAMARA LUSH; Copyright Times Publishing Co. Jul 2, 2002 The rumor started about a month ago. It spread through the 101st Airborne Division in Afghanistan like a dust storm in Kandahar. Nobody really believed it, because it sounded too good to be true. The Outback Steakhouse people were coming. And they were bringing food. Members of the 101st Airborne, like all of the troops in Afghanistan, have been eating meals such as T-rations, food that is sealed in large tin containers. The...