Posted on 04/13/2005 5:10:51 AM PDT by KneelBeforeZod
SAN JOSE, Calif. Apr 13, 2005 — A woman who claimed she scooped up a human finger along with her chili at a Wendy's restaurant has decided not to sue the fast-food chain.
Anna Ayala dropped her claim because it "has caused her great emotional distress and continues to be difficult emotionally," said her attorney, Jeffrey Janoff.
Ayala, 39, claimed she found the 1 1/2-inch long fingertip on March 22 while dining at a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose. She later filed a claim with the franchise owner, Fresno-based JEM Management Corp., which her attorney had said was the first step before filing a lawsuit.
Phone calls to Ayala's house went unanswered Tuesday. Investigators searched her Las Vegas home last week as part of their investigation into how a finger ended up in the chili.
Wendy's spokesman Denny Lynch declined to comment on Ayala's decision to drop the lawsuit but said a reward hot line to receive tips will remain open. Wendy's has offered $50,000 to the first person who can provide verifiable information that identifies the origin of the finger.
"It's very important to us to find out what really happened at the restaurant," Lynch said. "We will continue to fully cooperate with the police investigation."
Wendy's maintains the finger did not enter the food chain in its ingredients. None of the employees at the San Jose store had lost any fingers, and no suppliers of Wendy's ingredients reported any hand or finger injuries, the company said.
The Santa Clara County coroner's office used a partial fingerprint to search for a match in an electronic database but came up empty. DNA testing is still being conducted on the finger.
a failed con artist.
have been practicing law in the areas of Personal Injury, Medical and Professional Malpractice, Slip, Trip-Falls, Auto Accidents, Consumer Rights, Wrongful Deaths, Injuries from Defective Products, On the Job Injuries, Sexual Harassment, HMO liability, Bad Faith Insurance Claims, and Civil Rights since 1966.
For over twenty years, Mr. Janoff has been representing only injured persons. He has worked tirelessly for clients injured in motor vehicle accidents, by defective products, dog bites and unsafe premises. He has also helped clients who have been the victim of bad faith insurance practices, medical malpractice as well as harassment in the workplace. Often injury can result from unseen dangers such as airborne toxins like mold. Mr. Janoff is one of the few personal injury attorneys willing to take on these tough cases for clients who have become ill due to mold infestation. Mr. Janoff is well known and respected in the legal community for his relentless pursuit of justice and fair compensation for his clients.
Omg Im shocked "a square patty " ??????? NO way lol was it sponge bob square patty ?
I also think he encouraged his client to drop the suit Becca's with all the attention it was getting and all the evidence piling up he was at risk for complicity.
Time for the Bar to take a long hard look at this guy.
AP Photo- Portion of a human finger that a woman says she bit into.
I did. When this nut jobbed popped up I was the first one to say it was a scam. She knows someone who works at a mortuary, morgue, hospital, ambulance staff etc., either here or in Gay Mehico', and planted it. Man did I get grief from FR's. How could I be so cruel as to suggest this???? Well, who's right now boys!!!
Book'er, Dan-o.
Why do they need a hot line? Sounds like they've already got a tip.
Haw! Sometimes I'm so funny I almost pass out.
I didn't post anything but the thought crossed my mind too. Pepsi, I believe, had a batch of contaminated sodas a few years ago that turned out to be copycats after the first one. I'll bet Wendy's feared the same thing.
Almost.
She's figured out that they've got her number. Either that, or her attorney is afraid to bring the case because he knows it's so bad.
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If this is a scam, as seems apparent, one important question remains: where did she get the finger?
This parasite should pay for his actions.
He should have known the history of this evil woman.
Jeff should be disbarred and be tarred and feathered.
"Apparently, this woman has made a nice life for herself winning bogus lawsuits"
I hadn't heard this. Do you have a link?
If I thought she had a conscience, I'd say it's been troubling her...
Wanna bet she knows exactly where that finger came from? Maybe the dead aunt?
Maybe she paid someone who works at a crematorium to snip one off, no one would ever miss it or find the owner.
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