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Tapeworm Tort: Chicago Restaurant Sued for 9-Foot Tapeworm

By jonathanturley

Now, this makes for an interesting factual causation case. We often talk about the chain of causation, but this case involves a 9-foot tapeworm of causation. Anthony Franz blames Shaw’s Crab House in 2006 and had salmon salad. He later became violently ill and “passed” the giant tapeworm. A pathologist determined came from [...]

Full post as published by Res ipsa loquitur on August 20, 2008 (boomark / email).