‘Finger in salad’ award
NZPA-AP Wilmington A man, aged 28, who bit into part of a human finger while eating a salad he bought for lunch has been awarded $U515,500 (?32,240) in damages by a Superior Court jury at Wilmington, Delaware. The jury awarded Kenneth Hollis, of Newark, the money for the emotional trauma he suffered as a result of the incident on October 21, 1983, at the General Motors Corporation’s assembly plant just outside Wilmington. The jury also awarded his wife, Alberta, ?U55500 (111,440). The verdict was against interstate United Corporation, which provided food services to the General Motors plant.
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Press, 6 July 1985, Page 28
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