Posted on 10/26/2006 8:14:50 PM PDT by SmithL
Dallas Cowboys assistant coach Todd Haley is suing a suburban McDonald's, claiming his wife and the family's live-in baby sitter found a dead rat in a salad they took home and began to eat.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in state district court seeks $1.7 million in damages, The Dallas Morning News reported on its Web site.
In addition to Haley, the Cowboys' passing game coordinator who got in a well-publicized shouting match with receiver Terrell Owens earlier this month, the suit was also filed on behalf of his wife Christine and the family's au pair, Kathryn Kelley.
A message left for McDonald's Corp. spokesman Walt Riker on Thursday evening was not immediately returned.
According to the lawsuit, Christine Haley and Kelley had eaten part of the salad purchased June 5 at a McDonald's in Southlake before the rat was discovered. The women became violently ill and endured long-lasting physical injuries, the lawsuit said.
Believed to be a juvenile roof rat, the rodent was about 6 inches long and was found on its back with its mouth opened, Scott Casterline, a spokesman for the family, told The Associated Press.
He said the women didn't find it until taking the salad home to eat, and that a manager from the McDonald's "didn't offer any comfort" after driving to their house to investigate. The suit was filed after the restaurant didn't follow through on promises "to make things right," he said.
"The family needs closure," said Casterline, whose family's law firm is representing the plaintiffs. "It came to a point where you have to draw a line."
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He should have kept quiet. Now everyone will want one!
Oh my! I was really just about to say that! LOL
What are they complaining about? There are no trans fats in rat.
Well, that certainly broadens our culinary horizon. And I thought you could only get them fried on in Chinese.
Hard to believe, isn't it?
This season just got even more weird.
Picking food up at McDonald's and taking it home with you is pathetic.
link?
Of course the rat was dead, a live rat would have jumped out!
A lie detecter test could be interesting.
He looked in his salad and said 'Hi there, Jerry Jones.'
This is a load of BS. They didn't notice a SIX-INCH rat in the salad? The container isn't more than 12 in. wide. And they are asking for $1.7 MILLION dollars? $1.7 MILLION??? For "finding" a rat in a salad?
The suit was filed after the restaurant didn't follow through on promises "to make things right," he said.
Hmmm, I'll bet I know what "making things right" means. I'll bet I can guess what "getting closure" means.
Thanks, I don't know what happened to my link - I probably fat-fingered the keyboard again.
Years ago friends of mine opened a jar of spaggetti sauce with meatballs only to find that one of the meatballs had a very long tail. They were immediately shocked and nauseated. I, however, was beside myself with laughter. Oh, well. Different strokes, and all that. :)
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