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Think hair in your food is disgusting? Here are some extreme cases that made national headlines.
Think hair in your food is disgusting? Here are some extreme cases that made national headlines.
A San Antonio woman has sued Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and its local franchisee saying the fast-food chain served her rice and beans that had flesh-eating screwworms.
Karen Goode says in her lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Bexar County district court, that the screwworms entered her digestive tract and laid eggs, which became embedded in the interior lining of her small intestine. When the eggs hatched, they infested her body and began to eat her “alive from the inside-out.”
Patrick Stolmeier, Goode’s San Antonio lawyer, said she became ill and couldn’t work. As a result, she lost her business, her house and vehicles, he said.
Goode seeks more than $1 million in damages from Atlanta-based Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc. and Sugarland’s Z&H Foods Inc., the chain’s local franchisee.
Click here for more information on ExpressNews.com or turn to Saturday’s newspaper to read more about the lawsuit.
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