webfact Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Celeb chef hit with $1.3M fine for serving metal wire in dinner By Julia Marsh Restaurateur Daniel Boulud must have choked on his Bordeaux when he heard this news NEW YORK: -- A Manhattan jury hit the famed chef’s Midtown restaurant, db Bistro Moderne, with a $1.3 million slap for serving a diner a piece of wire brush in a $32 plate of coq au vin. The five woman, three man federal court jury awarded $300,000 to retired lawyer Barry Brett Thursday for injuries to his esophagus, then heaped on another $1 million as a warning to the restaurant and other eateries against using cheap metal brushes to clean dishes. “In speaking with the jurors afterwards, they were shocked that one of the most famous chefs in the world had no oversight, no polices, no procedures, no nothing which would have prevented this incident from occurring,” said Brett’s attorney Elizabeth Eilender. Full story: http://nypost.com/2016/10/27/celeb-chef-hit-with-1-3m-fine-for-serving-metal-wire-in-dinner/ -- NEW YORK POST 2016-11-01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasset Tak Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 This is just a reminder to never do business in/with US! It's laws and suing for anything is just ridiculous! There are alternatives to steel brushes to keep a clean kitchen, they are more expensive and usually you use a lot more chemicals but of course in this case they used a cheap Chinese steel brush and not an expensive one that's "Made in America" and that's probably the real problem.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4evermaat Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Legal Powerball Lottery.....only in America, lol. The 2nd best time to plant a tree is today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Many years ago, I worked in a restaurant and it was strictly illegal to use metal scrubbing pads to clean dishes. There had been a number of instances of people getting pieces of metal from it. I have a feeling he won't be using them any longer and that it why these damages were awarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman24 Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 typical USA, father in law, was involved in a rear end bump. at 4mph, stop and go traffic, guy got out of his big 4 x 4. ok no problem, not even a scratch on either vehicle, off he goes, next thing f.i.l. gets a huge hospital bill, so this guy goes home and thinks hold on a minute i can have a full hospital check and charge it to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Could it be a warning to chew your food instead of a spin at the lawsuit lottery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 I feel vindicated in my choice only to use paper plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deez Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Wouldn't even get your money back if it happened in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 3 minutes ago, Deez said: Wouldn't even get your money back if it happened in Thailand Probably get charged extra for the iron supplement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Ridiculous. The American court's idea of "punitive" damages are a joke and have no concept in reality. Like a lot of their verdicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4UCorsair Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Interesting that the affected diner was a lawyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeyrobot Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 2 hours ago, Deez said: Wouldn't even get your money back if it happened in Thailand No , and they would not pay your hospital bill either . If you had not gone to the restaurant it would not have happened. It's your fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSePuede419 Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 It's a jury award. They will appeal. The appeal judge will reduce the punitive damages. Don't get your knickers in a twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 ...another Chipotle......??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 14 hours ago, Kasset Tak said: This is just a reminder to never do business in/with US! It's laws and suing for anything is just ridiculous! There are alternatives to steel brushes to keep a clean kitchen, they are more expensive and usually you use a lot more chemicals but of course in this case they used a cheap Chinese steel brush and not an expensive one that's "Made in America" and that's probably the real problem.... While in LoS, the Baht penalty would have seen a zero lopped off the end, with 80% then finding its way into a pocket or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 7 hours ago, Baerboxer said: Ridiculous. The American court's idea of "punitive" damages are a joke and have no concept in reality. Like a lot of their verdicts. Like Thailand courts. Just the opposite end of the spectrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenm Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 (edited) Many years ago in Melbourne, Australia, over a period of 6 weeks, I had a strand of wire in a pasta dish served at a restaurant, a metal staple in the hamburger mince I was eating from a takeaway burger joint, and third a large black dead spider baked in a hamburger bun, from different establishment. They say many things occur in threes. And none ever since. I got apologies, some free vouches. Had I been in the US, could have been very well off with the lawsuits.. And in Thailand, I'd get a sorry and a smile, if I was lucky!! Edited November 1, 2016 by owenm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khon Kaen Dave Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Chef made a coq up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louse1953 Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Isn't anything safe from a good ol Thai bash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adhd Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 so a rat dropping in my f...i japanese restaurant was laughed away and cockroaches in most thai restaurants comes with a sorry a worm in M.. restaurant soup is just extra protein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 40 minutes ago, adhd said: so a rat dropping in my f...i japanese restaurant was laughed away and cockroaches in most thai restaurants comes with a sorry a worm in M.. restaurant soup is just extra protein It's getting worse. Last night I was munching away on a bag of fried grasshoppers down on Sukhumvit and found a piece of bread in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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