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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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Novakingwai
04-19-2018 at 01:48 PM.
04-19-2018 at 01:48 PM.
Why the fark would you necro a dead thread?
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04-20-2018 at 11:39 AM.
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Can I sue SD for copyright infringement of Hollywood. They already have the market covered in regurgitating old sh!t.
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04-20-2018 at 01:01 PM.
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Iaaaiws
04-20-2018 at 01:15 PM.
04-20-2018 at 01:15 PM.
This thread was far better when it had pictures of the incident. I'm pretty sure I have them somewhere but I can't find them at the moment.
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User339811
04-20-2018 at 01:27 PM.
04-20-2018 at 01:27 PM.
did OP win the case?
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Iaaaiws
04-20-2018 at 03:16 PM.
04-20-2018 at 03:16 PM.
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did OP win the case?
I think they sent him some coupons for more Fancy Feast. laugh out loud
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04-20-2018 at 05:55 PM.
04-20-2018 at 05:55 PM.
laugh out loud

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Bright_Eyes
04-20-2018 at 07:14 PM.
04-20-2018 at 07:14 PM.
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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
never mind
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04-21-2018 at 12:05 AM.
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04-21-2018 at 03:39 AM.
04-21-2018 at 03:39 AM.
Is this a new thread? Never see it before...
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does it have a coupon?
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BczIdo
04-22-2018 at 02:29 PM.
04-22-2018 at 02:29 PM.
You should have filmed it! I'm not for legal advice I can't imagine any lawyer worth much would take it but I can imagine someone would
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handyguy
04-23-2018 at 11:29 AM.
04-23-2018 at 11:29 AM.
How did she open the can? If you open it by a tab the pressure would escape that side & spray in one direction, like a soda can. It won't 'explode.' Also, opening a bulging can or bottle assumes risk. This is known as assumption of risk.
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04-23-2018 at 12:03 PM.
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You should have filmed it! I'm not for legal advice I can't imagine any lawyer worth much would take it but I can imagine someone would
Statute of limitations probably ran out by now.
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Iaaaiws
04-23-2018 at 12:09 PM.
04-23-2018 at 12:09 PM.
Finally found one of the pics. laugh out loud
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