In Orange County, California, Zdenek Philip Hodousek is suing a Claim Jumper in Mission Viejo for personal injury after he says he bit into a condom that was in his soup. The 50-year-old plaintiff is accusing the Orange County restaurant and vendors connected with the French Onion soup with negligence.
Hodousek says that he ordered the soup at the restaurant, located at Marguerite and Santa Margarita parkways on Easter Sunday. He says he bit into the object that he at first thought was cheese. When he extricated the object from his mouth, his wife noticed that it was a condom with a knot in it.
According to the Mission Viejo personal injury complaint, Hodousek threw up twice--once in the restaurant bathroom and a second time in the Claim Jumper parking lot--after discovering the condom. He says he has had problems sleeping and is anxious during the day because he is worried he may have caught a sexually transmitted disease.
Hodousek, in his Orange County, California personal injury lawsuit, says a lab that performed preliminary tests discovered that the condom contained female DNA. Hodousek's family wants all the female employees at the Orange County, California restaurant to undergo DNA testing.
Claim Jump issued a statement today stating that the restaurant group found no evidence supporting Hodousek's claim. They say that because the plaintiff took the foreign object that he found in his soup with him when he left the restaurant, it is impossible to know for sure whether the object he found in his soup is the same object that the lab tested.
Personal Injury Lawsuits Against Restaurants
There are a number of reasons why a plaintiff might sue an Orange County, California restaurant for personal injury including:
• Food poisoning caused by contaminated food items
• Unsanitary conditions that result in illnesses
• Inadequate security resulting in violent crimes on the premise
• Slip and fall accidents
• Burn injuries caused by extremely hot foods or liquids
In California, you have two years from the date of injury to file your Orange County, California personal injury lawsuit.
Man sues Claim Jumper, claiming condom was in his soup, OC Register, July 22, 2009
Man Says He Found Condom in French Onion Soup, KTLA, July 22, 2009
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