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mouse trapFamily Drinks Milk Containing Dead Mouse For 3 Days, Sues Walmart
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mouse trapFamily Drinks Milk Containing Dead Mouse For 3 Days, Sues Walmart
By Chris Morran on August 20, 2010 11:30 AM 0 views
(frankieleon)
I've never tasted milk that contained the corpse of a dead mouse, so I can't say whether or not it would be noticeable, but a couple in Kentucky claim they drank three days' worth of moused-up milk they'd purchased at Sam's Club before ever noticing the rotting rodent inside. Now, as happens in these situations, they have filed a lawsuit.
The suit, which was filed earlier this week against Sam's Club's parent company Walmart, says the couple purchased the jug of milk at Sam's and then, with the help of their 23-month-old granddaughter, spent the next three days drinking from it.
On the third day, the woman involved went to pour some milk and "discovered a dead mouse" in the jug.
The gallon of milk -- along with the rodent -- was taken to the Kentucky Department of Public Health where the couple filed a written complaint.
According to the suit, the family "suffered embarrassment, humiliation and emotional distress."
The plaintiffs also claim that their granddaughter had blood in her stool after consuming the allegedly contaminated milk.
"This has been a traumatic experience for the Grants," says their lawyer. "They were completely shocked."
In addition to Walmart, the suit names Superior Dairy Inc., of Ohio, as a defendant. The family is seeking non-economic and punitive damages through a trial by jury.
Without having much to go on here, what's your gut instinct on the plaintiffs' allegations -- scam or the real deal?
mouse trapFamily Drinks Milk Containing Dead Mouse For 3 Days, Sues Walmart
By Chris Morran on August 20, 2010 11:30 AM 0 views
(frankieleon)
I've never tasted milk that contained the corpse of a dead mouse, so I can't say whether or not it would be noticeable, but a couple in Kentucky claim they drank three days' worth of moused-up milk they'd purchased at Sam's Club before ever noticing the rotting rodent inside. Now, as happens in these situations, they have filed a lawsuit.
The suit, which was filed earlier this week against Sam's Club's parent company Walmart, says the couple purchased the jug of milk at Sam's and then, with the help of their 23-month-old granddaughter, spent the next three days drinking from it.
On the third day, the woman involved went to pour some milk and "discovered a dead mouse" in the jug.
The gallon of milk -- along with the rodent -- was taken to the Kentucky Department of Public Health where the couple filed a written complaint.
According to the suit, the family "suffered embarrassment, humiliation and emotional distress."
The plaintiffs also claim that their granddaughter had blood in her stool after consuming the allegedly contaminated milk.
"This has been a traumatic experience for the Grants," says their lawyer. "They were completely shocked."
In addition to Walmart, the suit names Superior Dairy Inc., of Ohio, as a defendant. The family is seeking non-economic and punitive damages through a trial by jury.
Without having much to go on here, what's your gut instinct on the plaintiffs' allegations -- scam or the real deal?
I remember many many years ago...I was about 7 or so. We poured a can of green giant brown beans into a pan to heat, and at the bottom was a dead something..the smell was terrible! It was unidentifiable and quite frankly my mother didn't want to know. We didn't sue though...threw the whole thing out and just notified the company who "thanked us"..lol. I am not certain how you could not notice for several days the smell of a dead anything...it was awful! I am going to probably say scam. If it had been noticed on day 1, I could believe it. But honestly, dead things smell terrible, and you would notice in my opinion.
I don't know if it's real or not, but if it happened to me, I'd be barfing for months, maybe years, at just the thought of it.
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