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Lawsuit: Boy, 11, died of allergic reaction to Publix cookie
Orlando Sentinel ^ | 03/25/2015 | SHEILA BURKE Associated Press

Posted on 03/26/2015 10:25:17 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

The family of an 11-year-old boy is suing the Publix grocery chain, saying the child was allergic to nuts and died from a severe reaction after eating a cookie despite a worker's assurance it was safe..

The lawsuit says Derek Landon Wood of Alabama died in June 2014 shortly after eating a chocolate chip cookie purchased at a Publix store in Clarksville. The boy, who was visiting family in Tennessee, was allergic to tree nuts. The lawsuit, which was filed March 20 in federal court in Nashville, says the store bakery did not post warnings about ingredients or possible cross-contamination. It says the mother bought the cookie only after a worker assured her it was safe.

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To: DJ MacWoW
No. I wouldn't trust a minimal wage worker, but a written list of ingredients?

Children must eat something. What can you trust 100%?

Food allergy is fast becoming epidemic and a major public health hazard.

When I first read about "peanut-free schools" I thought it was just more Left-wing foolishness, but it's not. This is serious business.

The public is becoming more and more aware of the problem as it strikes more and more children.

Nobody knows why there is this huge increase in food allergy!

If you don't understand the problem now, you will when one of your children comes down with it! And--unfortunately--this is becoming more and more likely.

61 posted on 03/27/2015 4:54:05 AM PDT by Savage Beast (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: kosciusko51
There is no way to be completely sure that food is not contaminated with dangerous allergens--and children must get food from somewhere.

If parents can't trust the labels, what can they trust?

I thought like you do at first, but food allergy is rapidly becoming a serious, epidemic health problem that threatens us all.

Nobody knows the cause of this rapid development.

You will understand the problem when one of your children develops a food allergy--I pray that this never happens, mind you--which is becoming more and more likely.

When that happens, you will understand the importance of nut-free schools.

From the point of view of the school teachers--how would you like to have a suddenly dying child on your hands?

And from your point of view, how would you feel if you accidentally sent nut-contaminated food to school and one of the children died from it?

This is a bigger problem than most people realize.

62 posted on 03/27/2015 5:03:20 AM PDT by Savage Beast (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: Hoosier Catholic Momma
You don't understand the problem, Hoo. You will when one of your children develops a food allergy--which, unfortunately, is becoming more and more likely--and I pray that never happens.

Since you're a devout Catholic, pray that we may learn the cause and cure for this dangerous health problem. Many miracles have happened in our understanding of disease. We need this one.

63 posted on 03/27/2015 5:09:02 AM PDT by Savage Beast (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: Shelayne
I agree it's a tragic tale.

And I do NOT like all this lawsuit business!

But there is no way to know that food has not been contaminated. If you can't trust the labeling, what can you trust?

I do think such tragedies will make food providers more aware of the problem and more vigilant and careful.

I also think it will produce a big windfall for the manufacturers of disclaimer labels.

64 posted on 03/27/2015 5:14:36 AM PDT by Savage Beast (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: NELSON111

“Peanut butter is a lagoon “

legume?


65 posted on 03/27/2015 5:17:41 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Savage Beast
Children must eat something. What can you trust 100%?

Home made goods. This was a cookie. The child wouldn't have starved without it. He ate it at home. They had no food? Only cookies?

If you don't understand the problem now, you will when one of your children comes down with it! And--unfortunately--this is becoming more and more likely.

My kids are adults and didn't eat GMO's.

66 posted on 03/27/2015 6:34:11 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: bog trotter

A bowl of Campbell’s soup would likely kill me. Not the soy but the flavor enhancers like MSG and about a dozen other chemical flavor enhancers.

Talk about feeling left out...........that flavor enhancer crap is in everything. Add an allergy to corn and I am severely limited in where I can eat.


67 posted on 03/27/2015 6:48:42 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: DJ MacWoW

And what constitutes “home made goods”? From what I’ve read, the fact a facility may have used nuts in their facility is a voluntary disclosure, so there’s no 100% certainty in anything.

I mean .. we can presume a loaf of bread is safe? I guess not from the supermarket bakery? What about third party? A package of ham? Could I the kid a sandwich? Scoff if you want but these are real issues a parent would have to deal with.

Just for the record I agree with most of the responses - as a person allergic to nuts I pass on a lot of stuff. I don’t do buffets, I don’t get a lot of desserts out because of the higher likelihood of nut contamination. I don’t go to your Baskin Robbins or whatevers of the world.

But short of growing my own food (which I don’t think is a practical solution), if I go with the attitudes in this thread what exactly are my options?


68 posted on 03/27/2015 9:10:59 AM PDT by Methos8
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To: Shimmer1

Yes, I hear ya. Sadly, if she hadn’t had a “brain freeze”, she would have looked deeper before giving the kid the sample.

I don’t believe the store is wrong here, because all of society cannot look out for every ailment out there.

We would be completely frozen as a nation if they had to.

That impacts far too many people. They have a right to a normal life, even if others are prevented to a certain degree from the same thing.


69 posted on 03/27/2015 11:22:04 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: Methos8
And what constitutes “home made goods”?

You're joking, right? Your grandmother would have never asked such a question.

70 posted on 03/27/2015 11:56:07 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: DoughtyOne

I don’t think Publix should pay either


71 posted on 03/27/2015 11:56:38 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (An armed society is a polite society... Robert A. Heinlein.)
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To: Shimmer1

I realized you were only representing her view.

I didn’t think you agreed with her, but I appreciate the clarification in case others may not have realized that.


72 posted on 03/27/2015 12:00:59 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Your grandchildren might open your eyes.


73 posted on 03/27/2015 1:30:35 PM PDT by Savage Beast (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: Savage Beast
It wasn't my bad judgement that gave the kid a cookie with unknown ingredients. The kid didn't need a cookie.

My grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren are fine, thank you.

74 posted on 03/27/2015 5:37:09 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Savage Beast

Btw, my grandmother used to tell me “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Why have we forgotten these old axioms?


75 posted on 03/27/2015 6:04:22 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: DJ MacWoW
I'm glad they are.

It's your bad judgment that attributes the death of this boy to his mother's negligence.

You're welcome.

76 posted on 03/28/2015 4:13:54 AM PDT by Savage Beast (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: DJ MacWoW
We haven't.

Your grandmother was right.

You might prevent a fatal anaphylactic reaction in a child by not sending an ounce of nuts in the school lunch, WoW.

77 posted on 03/28/2015 4:18:32 AM PDT by Savage Beast (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: DoughtyOne

Actually, I was being sarcastic, as usual. Looking back, I should have made a note of that with a /s

Sue=happy people disgust me. I would sue, if the person or corp was really at fault. But I’m not eager to sue especially when I was at fault, as this mother is.


78 posted on 03/28/2015 4:40:20 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (The Sting of a Reproach is the Truth of it. Ben Franklin)
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To: Savage Beast
When you know something like that can kill your child and you don't know what's in it, why give it to him. He didn't need a cookie.

A parents job isn't to gratify every wish, it is to care for and protect a child.

At my church there are 2 boys with issues. Mom and Dad bring a backpack with edibles for them. The boys know not to eat anything that their parents haven't given to them.

It is a tragic circumstance but Mom dropped being vigilant just once. You can't do that.

79 posted on 03/28/2015 5:03:21 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Savage Beast

Of course I would be upset if a child died from exposure to nuts. I think I made that clear in the first post.

My point is that Publix should not be held liable for this unfortunate accident any more than if my child or I accidentally exposed another child with allergies to nuts.


80 posted on 03/28/2015 10:53:06 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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