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Should I file a lawsuit? do I have a case?
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..
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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Hope she feels better. I am pretty certain if you explain the situation to them and provide them evidence (pictures), I am sure they will compensate you. (Not just for the can). Ask them to give you atleast 1-2 years supply of catfood. (Got nothing to lose). I'm sure that is worth A LOT OF MONEY!! $11.00 times (whatever the # of times your cat eats times a year).
Either way, good luck to you.
Then take those pictures you made and post them here so we can all laugh!!
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
don't talk to the first person, always ask for their supervisor. the people that readily answer the phones are the ones that are supposed to filter you out, blow you off, and most likely have no authority to offer anything other than an apology, not to mention they're paid much less which i don't feel is enough to listen to me go off.
once you have the supervisor (who is always worried about the bottom dollar), they will try to talk you down at least once. once you make your speech of the situation, make sure to work in "the only thing faster than lightning is word of mouth" most if not all management personnel know that also, they just need a nice little reminder from time to time. specially if you've been a loyal customer for 4 years (make sure they know that).
"If you merely touch your finger to the toxin and then touch that finger to your lips, you could die. 16 oz of bot toxin would be enough to kill the entire world's population."
Lets hope its not botulism it said symptoms occur 18-36 hours afterwards, but may take up to 8 days.. since its only been 14 hours it may be a good idea for both of us to go the hospital? also my dog ate plenty of it as it splattered all over the place and I was busy helping my girfriend clean up..
On a side note, why is it that dogs will eat absolutely anything, regardless of how damn nasty it is?
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My girlfriend says 15K or we are going the route of a lawyer so thats what I'm asking for.. She really didn't deserve that to happen to her and she hasn't eaten food all day and is still nautious from the episode.. If it can pay for some of our wedding thats cool..
My girlfriend says 15K or we are going the route of a lawyer so thats what I'm asking for.. She really didn't deserve that to happen to her and she hasn't eaten food all day and is still nautious from the episode.. If it can pay for some of our wedding thats cool..
Is this why your Fantasy Football team got their asses handed to them by Mavtech's Mavericks? Was their coach preoccupied???
My girlfriend says 15K or we are going the route of a lawyer so thats what I'm asking for.. She really didn't deserve that to happen to her and she hasn't eaten food all day and is still nautious from the episode.. If it can pay for some of our wedding thats cool..
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