What? Meatloaf again?!
Posted on 11/17/2014 12:30:43 AM PST by WhiskeyX
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A lawsuit is blaming a restaurant's bad meatloaf for the deaths of a former West Virginia state lawmaker and her husband.
Former Delegate Virginia Starcher's family filed the lawsuit last month against New Albany, Ohio-based Bob Evans Farms in Jackson County Circuit Court.
Bob Evans spokeswoman Hinda Mitchell said Friday the chain will vigorously defend itself in the matter.
Starcher and her husband, Harold, ate part of their meatloaf meals from a Bob Evans in Ripley in October 2012. Their takeout dishes included meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, broccoli and a roll, the lawsuit says.
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“Their takeout dishes included meatloaf, mashed potatoes, broccoli...”
Two out of three ain’t bad. But be careful with the main course.
And people wonder why I refuse to it meatloaf.
I’m putting this article in my wallet as a “Get out of Meatloaf” card.
Green apple quick step. More than just a dance.
Most restaurants share food suppliers who bring their “fresh food” in by truck. It makes it really hard to assume that one restaurant is responsible, unless there’s something real specific and unsanitary in their cleanliness or food prep, or a lot of people eating there got sick at the same time.
I love Cracker Barrel and the prices are not bad.
yeah...he would do anything for love except STFU!
E. coli Food Poisoning Cases Drop
April 29, 2004 — Just in time for picnic season, the CDC has some good news about some of the most dangerous threats to food safety.
A new report shows cases of E. coli O157:H7 infections, one of the most severe food-borne illnesses, dropped by 36% from 2002 to 2003. Most illnesses caused by E. coli infections are the result of eating undercooked, contaminated ground beef.
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Researchers say an estimated 76 million people contract food-borne and other diarrheal illnesses each year.
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20040429/e-coli-food-poisoning
[Note how 76 million people contract a food-borne illness each year out of a 2004 population of almost 300 million people. That is about a one in four or one in three chance of being one of the people to contract a food-borne illness each year.]
What? Meatloaf again?!
LOL.
I ate at a Bob Evans in Ohio. The service was fine, but the portions were underwhelming.
Sorry, but we have differing opinions on value then. I can go to a local diner and have a better breakfast for 1/2 to 2/3 the cost of what cracker barrel charges for their faux folksie charm all day long where I live.
If you are dropping 10-15 a person for breakfast, you are grossly overpriced... but folks go to it.... of course the same can be said for McDonald’s.
+1
If I'm reading it right, the wife died two months after the food poisoning incident. The husband died 18 months later. Both had several severe pre-existing medical conditions. Neither died of food poisoning; they died of other causes linked to their other conditions. The suit alleges that the food poisoning incident traumatized them and that the emotional distress contributed to their medical downturn. I assume that the lawyer has chosen his venue very carefully. There are some localities in which jurors are notorious for liking this kind of stunt.
As to the food poisoning, contamination does indeed happen due to mishandling in the restaurant, or somewhere else upstream in the chain. If this was the case, one would expect others to have become sick as well. There is no suggestion that this occurred.
Overwhelmingly, however, contamination leading to food poisoning happens at home. Food poisoning is something we mostly do to ourselves. This couple became sick after eating a takeout meal. There may be more evidence than is reported in the story, but based on the story as written, I know where I would place my bets.
Aw, I love Meatloaf, even if he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and the lyrics are as important a reason as his on-stage acting.
Cracker Barrel is good food.
It’s running the gauntlet I despise.
I don’t really dislike his music. I think Diane Warren was Jim Steinman’s protege, so I kind of blame him for her bad songwriting instincts. Well, judging on a purely commercial basis, she’s doing something right. ;) I like some of her stuff that Chicago put out.
Well, I’m a woman, so my reasons for liking his music may be different from yours. :-)
“Their takeout dishes “
So they could have left it out for a few hours
” I assume that the lawyer has chosen his venue very carefully.”
I bet he places the CEO’s salary into evidence.
I had a similar experience with food poisoning, knowing which item caused it and the local public health department being totally uninterested in my report. This was in Ca, by the way.
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