http://consumerist.com/tag/ruby-tue...ruby-tuesday-says-man-ordered-fatal-crab-dish
In a nutshell, a man, with shellfish allergies, ordered an entree at RT, and either he said it wrong or the waitress heard it wrong. The dish he received had crab in it, which caused him to go into anaphylactic shock and later die. His family is now suing RT.
I think another possibility is that he ordered the dish with shellfish since it's unknown how severe his allergies were. A friend of mine was allergic to ketchup, but he ate it anyway - would make him sweat and break out in hives, but he loved the stuff.
IMO, I don't believe there is any liability on RT. Had the customer told the restaurant that he had allergies to shellfish, then I could be persuaded that RT would have some responsibility. But that doesn't appear to be the case.
Also, why didn't the customer have an epi-pen? This leads me to believe that his allergy may not have been as severe as say someone who would die just from being in contact with shellfish or any other food allergy. But I personally don't know anyone with food allergies, so I don't know who would need to carry epi-pens and who wouldn't.
I'm sure the family is hurting and probably just looking for someone to blame other than him, but I just don't see it. I'm not saying it's his fault, either, just a tragedy that really isn't anyone's fault.
In a nutshell, a man, with shellfish allergies, ordered an entree at RT, and either he said it wrong or the waitress heard it wrong. The dish he received had crab in it, which caused him to go into anaphylactic shock and later die. His family is now suing RT.
I think another possibility is that he ordered the dish with shellfish since it's unknown how severe his allergies were. A friend of mine was allergic to ketchup, but he ate it anyway - would make him sweat and break out in hives, but he loved the stuff.
IMO, I don't believe there is any liability on RT. Had the customer told the restaurant that he had allergies to shellfish, then I could be persuaded that RT would have some responsibility. But that doesn't appear to be the case.
Also, why didn't the customer have an epi-pen? This leads me to believe that his allergy may not have been as severe as say someone who would die just from being in contact with shellfish or any other food allergy. But I personally don't know anyone with food allergies, so I don't know who would need to carry epi-pens and who wouldn't.
I'm sure the family is hurting and probably just looking for someone to blame other than him, but I just don't see it. I'm not saying it's his fault, either, just a tragedy that really isn't anyone's fault.