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Should I file a lawsuit? do I have a case?

1,730 18 December 7, 2004 at 08:01 AM
Last night my girlfriend opened a can of fancy feast cat fod made by Purina to feed my cats.. upon opening it the the can violently exploded everywhere across her face.. It was the most foul, putrid, rancid contents ever.. It shot out with a great force all over her face and on the ceiling walls, etc.. I have tons of pictures documenting the whole disgusting thing, My girfriend was throwing up for half an hour afterwards and became violently ill.. We both had to throw out all of the clothes we were wearing and my house smells 100 times worse than a garbage dump.. We couldn't stay here last night becuase of the smell.. Now I have all of my windows up and it still smells like shit.. There are also stains all over my walls from the guck.. It was not normal cat food it was a black sludge and the most foul thing you could imagine..

Anyways I called Purina and they said it was a handling issue in their factories and that they improperly handled the can when it was cooking. Do you think a lawyer would take this case? Should we be compensated by Purina? Its the worst thing I've ever seen in my life..
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Iaaaiws
12-06-2006 at 11:23 PM.
12-06-2006 at 11:23 PM.
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12-06-2006 at 11:27 PM.
12-06-2006 at 11:27 PM.
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12-06-2006 at 11:53 PM.
12-06-2006 at 11:53 PM.
Damnit!

I was about to post that something similar happened to someone two years ago laugh out loud
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12-07-2006 at 12:02 AM.
12-07-2006 at 12:02 AM.
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Damnit!

I was about to post that something similar happened to someone two years ago laugh out loud
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steaksauce
12-07-2006 at 12:38 AM.
12-07-2006 at 12:38 AM.
WTF, all that reading for three coupons, ugh.
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12-07-2006 at 04:14 AM.
12-07-2006 at 04:14 AM.
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Thanks photokitty, she feels fine today, but as you can imagine it was quite a traumatic experience for her and she was violently ill last night..
Oh please - give us a break. A "traumatic" experience? She's probably a drama queen to boot. Any lawyer would laugh at that! LMAO LMAO
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12-07-2006 at 05:38 AM.
12-07-2006 at 05:38 AM.
This thread was booty, all of that for a coupons, I suggest arson for next time.
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12-07-2006 at 05:53 AM.
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03-20-2008 at 08:32 PM.
03-20-2008 at 08:32 PM.
Quote from tree :
Last night my girlfriend opened a can of fancy feast cat fod made by Purina to feed my cats.. upon opening it the the can violently exploded everywhere across her face..
I know some Germans that would consider that erotic.
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handyguy
03-21-2008 at 03:45 PM.
03-21-2008 at 03:45 PM.
Didn't someone teach you not to open a can that is budging?
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03-21-2008 at 04:13 PM.
03-21-2008 at 04:13 PM.
Quote from vec516 :
I'm sure this can be settled without a lawsuit. Why must everything in this country be settled with lawyers.
Iagree it seems if something unusual happens to someone there immediate reaction is how much can I get out of this if I sue!
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GreekRebel
03-22-2008 at 07:59 AM.
03-22-2008 at 07:59 AM.
Quote from tree :
The lady I talked to did admit fault but she only offered to replace the product, I told her we wanted to pursue legal counsel and she agreed. She said she would have her supervisor call me back today.. I imagine they would probably offer me more than coupons as the first lady did..

To those of you who say it was nothing- the putrid shit basically went in my girfriends mouth and she became violently ill.. I don't think one can realize how foul the crap in the can was without having been there.. I have never contacted a lawyer in my life and I would never do so for the sake of doing it.. I have been buying their products for 4 years at $11 a box ( a box last less than half a week, so they can take repsonsibility).. -sure have some pics.. I didn't get to shoot one with it all over my girfriends face in time, nor would I show it if I did.. although here is her barfing.. she threw up for 30 minutes straight and then took a shower for over an hour
i doubt she puked for 30 mins. sitting in front of the shitter for 25 mins does not count as puking. she would hav ebeen out of fluids to puke up after about 10 mins.

also, was the can dented or damaged? if it was its your own fault for openning it. if this smelled up your entire house you must have the worlds smallest house i doubt a small can can pack that much of a smell.

finally, girls are the ones to be over dramatic, but i def. think you won that award.
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03-22-2008 at 08:25 AM.
03-22-2008 at 08:25 AM.
Probably the best thread ever, along with I got charged for trying on a pair of shoes.
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03-22-2008 at 12:19 PM.
03-22-2008 at 12:19 PM.
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Probably the best thread ever, along with I got charged for trying on a pair of shoes.
Iagree I was pulled into the Lounge because of this thread, lol.

I bet if this was posted now there would be more than four pages of replies though laugh out loud
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03-22-2008 at 12:30 PM.
03-22-2008 at 12:30 PM.
Quote from GreekRebel :
if this smelled up your entire house you must have the worlds smallest house i doubt a small can can pack that much of a smell.
I'm going to have to disagree with this one.
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