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Waffle House customer says she choked after eating eggshells in meal in SC lawsuit
The State ^ | 4/28/2021 | Mitchell Willett

Posted on 05/03/2021 5:59:44 PM PDT by simpson96

A lawsuit filed Monday against Waffle House claims a South Carolina woman choked, bled and vomited after consuming eggshells in her to-go order.

Leslie Brown, a Hampton County woman, ordered the “unreasonably dangerous” All-Star meal from the Waffle House at 8208 Two Notch Rd. in Columbia on July 5, 2020, according to the lawsuit. She dug in, unaware there were eggshell fragments in her food.

“She bit into this eggshell substance and, through no fault of her own, consumed and digested eggshell fragments that were sold and served to her” by the Waffle House, according to the lawsuit filed in Richland County.

The woman “suffered a choking episode, lacerated gums, bleeding gums, sore throat, bruised throat, headaches, vomiting, nausea, and other ill effects.”

Waffle House’s “recklessness” is to blame, according to the suit, and Brown is seeking damages for medical expenses, pain and suffering, mental anguish and emotional distress, fear and anxiety, among other damages.

Waffle House declined to comment, citing company policy.

Brown is suing Waffle House for negligence and strict liability. No dollar amounts are given in the lawsuit.

She is being represented by Patrick W. Carr, an attorney based in Hilton Head Island.

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Would have loved to see a pic of the plaintiff.

She must have INHALED that food, for her to not notice before it was too late, resulting in the alleged injuries.

1 posted on 05/03/2021 5:59:44 PM PDT by simpson96
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Give her a coupon for a free meal as compensation.


2 posted on 05/03/2021 6:02:55 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: simpson96

Crunchy Frog?!!


3 posted on 05/03/2021 6:03:21 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: simpson96

(Someone please post that pic of ‘Ashleigh the lion’ standing beside the easel with the “All whites are racist!”.)


4 posted on 05/03/2021 6:03:53 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: TheDon

Sally sues sea shells by the sea shore.


5 posted on 05/03/2021 6:03:59 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: simpson96

Amazing what passes for news nowadays.


6 posted on 05/03/2021 6:04:22 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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Give her a coupon for a free meal as compensation.

Make it a Denny's Coupon. You don't want her back. Waffle House has been an ally here as they never enforced mask orders.
7 posted on 05/03/2021 6:05:08 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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“Ma’am, do you always go to breakfast at a restaurant with three pounds of crushed eggshells in your purse?
Our cameras have provided unexpected information.”


8 posted on 05/03/2021 6:06:03 PM PDT by lee martell
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This kind of stuff makes you never want to have a business that serves the general public.

You need a business you can decide who to work with. You are the one that turns down or accepts.

Thats what people like this drive folks to do.


9 posted on 05/03/2021 6:09:03 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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I have to say, I HATE egg shells in food, and crunching one is enough to put me off the meal completely (unless I am camping, and then I chew slowly and spit when I get them!)

And what kind of chicken makes egg shells that would do that? Sounds like ostrich eggshells or something...


10 posted on 05/03/2021 6:09:12 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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I hope Ms. Brown suffered no lasting injury from this incident.

Must have been shocking and quite unpleasant.


11 posted on 05/03/2021 6:09:23 PM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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12 posted on 05/03/2021 6:09:39 PM PDT by McGruff
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Just wondering, but I’d like to see a pic of the person who supposedly swallowed the eggshells - which would have been obvious to anyone chewing their food.


13 posted on 05/03/2021 6:10:37 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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The woman “suffered a choking episode, lacerated gums, bleeding gums, sore throat, bruised throat, headaches, vomiting, nausea, and other ill effects.”

Oh Please. What a farce.

14 posted on 05/03/2021 6:11:07 PM PDT by lizma2
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“suffered a choking episode, lacerated gums, bleeding gums, sore throat, bruised throat, headaches, vomiting, nausea, and other ill effects.”

Geez, at some point you would think she ‘d had to have stopped chewing.


15 posted on 05/03/2021 6:11:27 PM PDT by be-baw
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To: TheDon

A lawsuit filed Monday against Waffle House claims a South Carolina woman choked, bled and vomited after consuming eggshells in her to-go order.


Sounds like she should stop ordering take out... after a night out ...sucking anyone off.


16 posted on 05/03/2021 6:12:08 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: simpson96

I hate that when I get egg shell in my eggs.


17 posted on 05/03/2021 6:14:10 PM PDT by the_daug ( )
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To: be-baw

What was this woman eating? A food containing eggshells (at least the waffles had fresh, not powdered eggs in them!) or the makings of an IED? The way she describes it, sounds like the latter. Pardon me if I don’t believe her claim.


18 posted on 05/03/2021 6:16:14 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: simpson96

Well, when one dines at Awful House, one should not expect gourmet vittles!


19 posted on 05/03/2021 6:17:00 PM PDT by snuffy smiff (Vsetko Umiera! Build the Wall and build it tall, then build a gallows and hang them ALL!)
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She is doing what her lawyer told her to do.


20 posted on 05/03/2021 6:20:05 PM PDT by the_daug ( )
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