Woman sues Waxahachie buffet for $1 million after getting 'fried rice syndrome'

[TexasTowelie]

A pan of food left out at a Waxahachie buffet sent a woman to the hospital with "fried rice syndrome," a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages alleges.

Germaine Mobley, 62, of Corsicana claims that after a 2016 lunch with a friend she started vomiting, and by the next morning she was having trouble breathing. Within a day she was in an ICU, where she stayed for eight days — including two with a ventilator.

"I remember going, 'I've never even heard of this,'" her lawyer Kathryn Knotts said. "[Mobley] wasn't sure what could even really be done, she just wanted this to not continue to happen to other people."

The bacteria that cause "fried rice syndrome," Bacillus cereus, are commonly found on foods that have sat out at room temperature and can cause cramps, vomiting and diarrhea, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The symptoms generally don't last more than a day or two.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/food-industry/2018/06/28/woman-sues-waxahachie-buffet-1-million-after-getting-fried-rice-syndrome

[msongs]

1. so how many others got sick too? her friend? nt

[TexasTowelie]

2. There's no mention of anyone else getting sick

so she is going to have a difficult case to prove. I expect the claim will get settled somewhere between $300K and $500K. It will cover her medical expenses and she will have around $100K-$150K to spend after the contingency fee for her attorney.

[TheRealNorth]

4. Proof

I agree, if there wasn't an epidemiological investigation it will be difficult to proof. If they got bacteria isolates from the patient and the restaurant that matched by PFGE, that could help her case.

[TheRealNorth]

3. Horrible Journalism

That seems to be trying to get Trumptards to yell "frivolous lawsuit"


She got food poisoning, not "fried rice syndrome" because presumably the restuarant did not follow food code. Sounds like the woman nearly died if she was on a ventillator and was stuck in the ICU for 8 days. Hope she has a good representation like Marler-Clark.

[LeftInTX]

5. She has a pre-existing condition

Not that it matters in a lawsuit....

But it is probably why she had so many complications and other people didn't get sick...or if they did they probably didn't think much of it.