Los Angeles Attorney | Foreign Object in Food Injury

Most inhabitants of Los Angeles are familiar with the many food options around the area. You have likely purchased food from the following popular fast-food restaurants: McDonalds, Wendy’s, Jack in the Box, Burger King, Chick-Fil-A, Carl’s Jr., In-N-Out, Chipotle, Taco Bell, Freebirds, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pollo Loco, Church’s, Popeye’s, Del Taco, Blaze Pizza, The Habit, Panda Express, Five Guys, Subway, and King Taco, for example. What comes to mind when you think of any of the fast-food restaurants listed above? You might have positive associations to most of these Los Angeles fast-food restaurants.

Have you ever found a foreign object in your food from a fast-food restaurant? Many of the fast-food restaurants listed above have been at the center of scandals after customers identified foreign objects in their food. However, restaurants outside of the fast-food category have also been involved in similar scandals. In fact, any place in which you can purchase ready-to-eat food, such as supermarkets, can be a source of a foreign object in food. Many stores offer ready-to-eat or made-to-order food options. Some of these stores include the following: Whole Foods, Target, Wal-Mart, Smart and Final, Vons, Sprouts, Costco, Food4Less, Sam’s, Northgate Market, Gonzales Markey, El Super, Trader Joe’s, Ranch Market, Gelson’s, Albertson’s, Superior Grocers, Vallarta, Cardenas Markey, 99 Ranch Market, and Ralph’s, for instance.

Foreign objects in food can cause more than disgust. Some parties who find foreign objects in their meals suffer scrapes, lacerations, and shattered teeth, among other things. If you were harmed by a foreign object in your food, whether you bit into it or ingested it, you might have grounds to file a foreign object in food lawsuit. If you are interested in filing a claim against the restaurant or other parties liable for the harm you suffered, you must seek legal assistance with a foreign object in food lawyer in Los Angeles as soon as possible.

Normandie Law Firm is a personal injury law firm with experience in foreign object in food cases. If you were harmed by a foreign object in your meal, you might have grounds to file a lawsuit. When you contact our attorneys, your foreign object in food claim will be thoroughly evaluated, and our attorneys will provide you with all the information you need to file a successful lawsuit against the restaurant liable for your foreign object in food injuries. Our attorneys are dedicated to helping all parties harmed by foreign objects in meals.

In Los Angeles, many of the people affected by foreign objects in their food never seek legal assistance. Why would anyone fail to speak to an attorney after becoming the victim of the negligent actions of a party? Unfortunately, many people hesitate to seek legal assistance from experienced attorneys because they have a fear of the possible language barrier they might encounter. In Los Angeles, a sizeable portion of the population is Spanish-speaking. Whether you only speak Spanish or you speak English but prefer to speak Spanish, you can be certain that a Spanish speaking attorney for foreign object in your food will be available at Normandie Law Firm. Do not hesitate—contact our law firm as soon as possible.

The Consequences of Foreign Objects in Your Food

In cases in which people identify the foreign objects in their food before eating, the foreign objects could have no effects besides creating a sense of disgust. However, some of the people who experience foreign objects in their food unknowingly put the foreign objects in their mouth and even swallow the object. When this happens, parties affected could suffer the following:

• Lacerations in mouth, tongue, throat, or cheek
• Damage to the digestive system
• Damaged teeth
• Infections caused by contaminated objects
• Allergic reactions to objects

The harm sustained by the victim depends on many factors, including the type of foreign object found in the food. Regardless of that detail, if you were harmed in any way after finding a foreign object in your food, you could file a lawsuit and be eligible to receive compensation.

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Sample Foreign Objects

In the past, many foreign objects have been identified in food. Some objects, although they should not be in the meal, are sometimes expected. For example, a cherry pit might be commonly found in a slice of cherry pie. Likewise, bones could be commonly found in a steak or a chicken soup. Although these objects could sometimes be expected, the risk of choking or suffering an injury is still prevalent. Many foreign objects can cause disease because of the victim’s contact with a possibly contaminated substance or object. Some of these foreign objects or substances can include the following: fingernails, band-aids, feces, blood, urine, or human fingers, for example. Hair is another example of something you could find in your food; however, hair, although disgusting when found in food, is not known to cause harm when ingested. Some of the other foreign objects that you might find in your food include the following: metal, plastic, glass, nails, screws, jewelry, pebbles, rocks, wires, coins, staples, paperclips, pens, and broken segments of spoons or other utensils. Other foreign elements could include rodents or insects, for instance. Whether you choked on something hard, broke your tooth or multiple teeth, or ingested a foreign object in your food, you could have grounds to file a claim against the party liable. You must seek legal assistance from a foreign object in food lawyer as soon as possible. It does not matter if you found a foreign object in your taco or in any other meal; you should contact Normandie Law Firm immediately.

Liability for Foreign Objects in Your Food

If you found a foreign object in your food, the first thing you might be interested in determining could be the restaurant’s liability. Are the people who prepared your food liable for the foreign object? Is the restaurant liability? Does liability go further to the source of the restaurant’s ingredients? Without a doubt, you want to know who is liable for your injuries from a foreign object in your food.  If you found a foreign object in your food but did not suffer harm, none of the involved parties could be liable—based on FDA regulations regarding food products. For example, categories of food products are allowed to have a specific level of defects. For example, some spices are allowed to contain an average of one (or more) rodent hairs for every ten grams of product. The same spices are allowed to contain thirty or more insect fragments (heads, legs, wings, etc.) for every ten grams of product. If you found something in your food that is within the defect levels allowed, it is likely that no party could be found liable. If you sustained injuries after you found a foreign object in your sandwich or other meal, the restaurant could be liable based on their duty to provide their consumers with a food product that will not cause harm. If you found something in your sandwich that caused you injury or illness, you must contact a foreign object in food attorney in Los Angeles to learn more about the steps you could take to be compensated.

The Steps to Take after Finding a Foreign Object in Your Food

Our foreign object in food lawyers at Normandie Law Firm are often contacted with many of the same concerns. What should you do after finding a ring in your food? What could you do if you bit into or ingested a ring that should not have been in your food? What can you do if you bite into bones and damage your teeth? The steps you should take after finding a foreign object in your food are relatively similar regardless if the object is metal, plastic, or anything else:

I found a metal in my food. What do I do?

• You should photograph the piece of metal that you found in your food. If you sustained injuries, such as broken teeth or lacerations due to the metal found in your food, you should also photograph your injuries.
• You should contact the restaurant to tell them of the metal you found in your meal.
• You should avoid the restaurant from keeping the piece of metal that harmed you. You should also place the metal in a safe place, such as a plastic bag or container.
• You should seek medical attention for your injuries.
• You should also contact a law firm with foreign object food lawyers.

I found plastic in my food. What do I do?

• You should take pictures of the piece of plastic in your food as soon as possible. If you sustained visible injuries, take pictures of your injuries.
• You should also contact the restaurant and inform them of the plastic you found in your food.
• You should not allow the restaurant to keep the plastic. Instead, you should keep the foreign object in a safe place.
• You should seek medical care for your injuries as soon as possible.
• You should contact a lawyer that’s experienced in foreign object in food cases.

If you would like to learn more about the steps you should take after finding a foreign object in your food, you must contact a Los Angeles attorney to sue the restaurant for a foreign object in your food.

Normandie Law Firm

If you were harmed by a foreign object in your food, you must contact a Los Angeles lawyer to sue a restaurant for a foreign object in your food. Our attorneys will aggressively fight for your right to be compensated for the following:

• Medical costs
• Lost income
• Pain and suffering
• Loss of consortium
• Punitive damages

Our attorneys will not rest until you receive the maximum amount of compensation available for your foreign object in food claim.

Our law firm is dedicated to facilitating the process of fighting for your right to be compensated. Therefore, we offer free consultations and free second opinions to all harmed parties. During our free legal services, our attorneys will be available to answer all your questions and all your concerns, even those created by incompetent attorneys.

These free legal services are available because of our Zero-Fee guarantee—a policy which ensures that our clients will never pay upfront legal fees. Since our firm is also strictly based on contingency, our clients will not pay unless they win. If you are ready to start your legal process, you must contact our law firm as soon as possible. If you are a Spanish speaker, do not worry—a lawyer for a foreign object in your food who speaks Spanish will be available for you. Whether you were harmed at McDonalds, Wendy’s, Jack in the Box, Burger King, Church’s, Popeye’s, Del Taco, In-N-Out, Chipotle, Taco Bell, Freebirds, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pollo Loco, The Habit, Blaze Pizza, Chick-Fil-A, Carl’s Jr., Panda Express, Five Guys, Subway, or King Taco, our attorneys can help you. Contact us today.