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Its probably a scam but the idea alone is
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hodousek-claim-jumper-2502968-condom-soup
A Mission Viejo man is seeking unspecified damages, claiming that he chewed into a condom in his French onion soup.
The man, who has sued in Orange County Superior Court, contends Claim Jumper – and any vendor associated in making the soup – was negligent. The company today issued a statement denying the validity of the man's allegations.
Claim Jumper, which has more 46 locations nationwide, is based in Irvine.
According to the lawsuit filed Tuesday, Zdenek Philip Hodousek, 50, was eating at a Mission Viejo Claim Jumper at Santa Margarita and Marguerite parkways with his family April 12, Easter Sunday.
A server brought Hodousek's soup, which he began to eat.
"Suddenly he felt what he believed was tough cheese on one side of his mouth," the suit reads. "When he could not chew it into pieces,
(Hodousek) commented to his family that it felt like rubber. He spit it out, spooned it onto a napkin, at which time his wife said 'Oh my God, it's a condom.''"
The suit reads that the condom had a knot it in, which was later untied by the restaurant's general manager, Marc Hadley, because he thought it might be a rubber glove. After the knot was untied, it was apparent that the item was a condom.
The suit said that Hodousek vomited once in the restaurant's restroom and once in the restaurant's parking lot because of the incident and has since "had many sleepless nights and anxious days, concerned about what disease(s) he may have contracted."
The restaurant didn't bill the family for the meal, and Hodousek took the condom with him to have it tested. According to the suit, preliminary tests by Lab Corp. in North Carolina found female DNA on the condom.
The Hodousek family requested that female employees of the Claim Jumper be voluntarily tested for a DNA match, which was supposed to have occurred Monday at a local hotel.
"The defendant hired a nurse to administer the DNA testing who would not go forward with the testing because of the failure of the defendant to have an observer present during the testing," the suit states.
A day later, an attorney for Hodousek filed the suit at Central Justice Center.
"My client wants peace of mind," said Eric Traut, Hodousek's attorney. "We've been working with their lawyer to try and get DNA testing done so we can see if we can get a match to the DNA that's on the condom."
"He wants to rule out or rule in one of the employees as being the culprit," Traut continued.
A statement, provided today by Gladstone International, a public relations firm that represents Claim Jumper, said no evidence has been found to support Hodousek's claim.
The statement acknowledges that Hodousek found a "foreign object" in his food, but that because he took it with him, there is no way to prove it is the same object that arrived at a lab for testing.
Additionally, the statement reads that Claim Jumper launched an internal independent investigation, which was completed April 23 and found "there was no wrongdoing by any employee."
The statement also reads that Hodousek was asked to submit to DNA testing, but failed to appear for his appointment Monday, the day before the lawsuit was filed.
"We thoroughly investigated Mr. Hodousek's claim," the statement reads. "We do not believe Mr. Hodousek's lawsuit has any merit and will fight this allegation."
Its probably a scam but the idea alone is
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hodousek-claim-jumper-2502968-condom-soup
A Mission Viejo man is seeking unspecified damages, claiming that he chewed into a condom in his French onion soup.
The man, who has sued in Orange County Superior Court, contends Claim Jumper – and any vendor associated in making the soup – was negligent. The company today issued a statement denying the validity of the man's allegations.
Claim Jumper, which has more 46 locations nationwide, is based in Irvine.
According to the lawsuit filed Tuesday, Zdenek Philip Hodousek, 50, was eating at a Mission Viejo Claim Jumper at Santa Margarita and Marguerite parkways with his family April 12, Easter Sunday.
A server brought Hodousek's soup, which he began to eat.
"Suddenly he felt what he believed was tough cheese on one side of his mouth," the suit reads. "When he could not chew it into pieces,
(Hodousek) commented to his family that it felt like rubber. He spit it out, spooned it onto a napkin, at which time his wife said 'Oh my God, it's a condom.''"
The suit reads that the condom had a knot it in, which was later untied by the restaurant's general manager, Marc Hadley, because he thought it might be a rubber glove. After the knot was untied, it was apparent that the item was a condom.
The suit said that Hodousek vomited once in the restaurant's restroom and once in the restaurant's parking lot because of the incident and has since "had many sleepless nights and anxious days, concerned about what disease(s) he may have contracted."
The restaurant didn't bill the family for the meal, and Hodousek took the condom with him to have it tested. According to the suit, preliminary tests by Lab Corp. in North Carolina found female DNA on the condom.
The Hodousek family requested that female employees of the Claim Jumper be voluntarily tested for a DNA match, which was supposed to have occurred Monday at a local hotel.
"The defendant hired a nurse to administer the DNA testing who would not go forward with the testing because of the failure of the defendant to have an observer present during the testing," the suit states.
A day later, an attorney for Hodousek filed the suit at Central Justice Center.
"My client wants peace of mind," said Eric Traut, Hodousek's attorney. "We've been working with their lawyer to try and get DNA testing done so we can see if we can get a match to the DNA that's on the condom."
"He wants to rule out or rule in one of the employees as being the culprit," Traut continued.
A statement, provided today by Gladstone International, a public relations firm that represents Claim Jumper, said no evidence has been found to support Hodousek's claim.
The statement acknowledges that Hodousek found a "foreign object" in his food, but that because he took it with him, there is no way to prove it is the same object that arrived at a lab for testing.
Additionally, the statement reads that Claim Jumper launched an internal independent investigation, which was completed April 23 and found "there was no wrongdoing by any employee."
The statement also reads that Hodousek was asked to submit to DNA testing, but failed to appear for his appointment Monday, the day before the lawsuit was filed.
"We thoroughly investigated Mr. Hodousek's claim," the statement reads. "We do not believe Mr. Hodousek's lawsuit has any merit and will fight this allegation."
