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Default Lawsuit: Popeyes meal had flesh-eating screwworms

On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 05:31:02 +0000 (UTC), "Leroy N. Soetoro"
> wrote:

>http://www.kcra.com/article/lawsuit-...-flesh-eating-
>screwworms/8732920
>
>A lawsuit says a San Antonio woman ate a rice and beans dish at one of the
>fast-food chain's restaurants that contained flesh-eating New World
>screwworms that she unknowingly ingested
>
>SAN ANTONIO, Texas —
>A woman who ate at a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen alleges there was more in
>the meal she ordered than just rice and beans.
>
>Karen Goode, of San Antonio, says in a newly filed lawsuit that the dish
>contained flesh-eating New World screwworms that she unknowingly ingested.
>
>Renee Kopowski, a Popeyes spokeswoman, said the franchisee has been
>working with Goode for more than a year “to address her concerns.”
>Kopowski declined to discuss the details of the litigation. The franchisee
>couldn’t immediately be reached.
>
>“We put every precaution in place in the restaurants to meet the highest
>food safety standards,” Kopowski said. “We take it extremely serious when
>a guest complains.”
>
>The New World screwworm fly lives off the flesh of open wounds of
>warmblooded animals. The larvae, once hatched as maggots, can dig close to
>two inches into a wound.
>
>The lawsuit said the screwworms entered her digestive tract and laid eggs,
>which she says embedded in the interior lining of her small intestine.
>When the eggs hatched, they infested her body and began to eat her “alive
>from the inside-out," according to the lawsuit.
>
>Patrick Stolmeier, Goode’s San Antonio lawyer, said his client became ill
>and as a result couldn’t work. She ended up losing her business, her house
>and vehicles, he said.
>
>A spokeswoman for the city's Metropolitan Health District, Carol
>Schliesinger, said if there was lab work done it is considered health-
>protected information and would not be publicly disclosed.



Alot of people thought I was exagerating when I talked about my visit
to Popeye's Louisianna Kitchen. I did feel like fuming sulfuric acid
was etching the lining of my throat. I really felt I should call the
Police to arrest these people for trying to kill people with their hot
pepper.

William


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