Posted on 10/12/2013 8:25:19 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
An Edinburg man filed a lawsuit against Georgia Nut Company and Dollar General after he lost his tooth while allegedly eating Sweet Smiles chocolate covered almonds.
The civil lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court by Jesus Castaneda
The lawsuit alleges that Castaneda had the intent of consuming the chocolate covered almonds, and when he was biting down on one, he felt a sharp pain to the left side of his mouth.
He then went to a dentist, where he found out his tooth was fractured and non-restorable, the lawsuit alleges.
According to the lawsuit, the product was defective, unreasonably dangerous and harmful.
He is seeking up to $1 million for the damages.
The lawsuit alleges that the defendant, Georgia Nut Company and Dollar General Corporation, failed to inspect the Sweet Smiles chocolate covered almond.
According to court documents obtained by Action 4 News, the lawsuit states that Castaneda is seeking compensation for physical pain and disability, future physical pain and mental anguish.
The lawsuit states that Castaneda will show if any injury had happened prior to the chocolate covered almonds incident.
Castaneda will be represented by Jeffrey Mark Stern with the Stern Law Group out of Bellaire, Texas.
The Georgia Nut Company will be represented by Andres H. Gonzalez with David Klosterboer & Associates, and Dollar General Corporation will be represented by Attorney Erik Wollam.
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Bean-O
For those who prefer to live without toot.
Well, I only clicked on this because I wanted to know how almonds could reverse the effects of beans. :-)
What’s he gonna do without his toot?
perhaps if he ate more, he would not be left without toot...
Seems he needs to lose a few more teeth.
I never saw in the article that the product was defective, as in, there was a rock in the candy.
My dentist said not to eat whole almonds, only sliced ones, because whole almonds are hard on your toot.
Beans, beans, the musical fruit
the more we eat the more we toot
until we are tootless
Sweet Smiles
The magical fruit
The more you eat the less you toot
The less you toot the better you feel
Eat Sweet Smilea with every meal.
Don’t Mess With My Toot Toot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHlhJL3IlsQ
I broke a tooth while eating Frosted Flakes once. I missed my chance to sue...
Toothless People
(Weird Al parody of “Ruthless People”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK9ptFHTHQE
How does he prove he was eating this product when he hurt his tooth? Doesn’t he have to?
His name is Jesus.....
Why doesn’t he just heal himself?
If we took the bones out, it wouldn’t be crunchy, now would it? ping
I read this article ONLY to discern what his ‘toot’ might have been that he lost.
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