CAMERON COUNTY, Texas (KVEO) – Fuel station chain 7-Eleven is going through a lawsuit from a Texas man who claims a taco he bought despatched him to the emergency room.
In line with courtroom paperwork, a person visited a Stripes comfort retailer – owned by 7-Eleven – in South Padre Island round Feb. 7, 2020, and bought a taco. Quickly after consuming the taco, the person suffered from meals poisoning and needed to be taken to the emergency room, in line with courtroom paperwork.
The plaintiff mentioned he by no means altered the meals in any means and Stripes’s negligence led to his medical drawback, which precipitated medical bills and lack of wages.
The Cameron County man is in search of as much as $75,000 within the lawsuit, which was filed in Sept. 2021.
7-Eleven Inc. denied that the person suffered meals poisoning as a result of their tacos. The Texas-based enterprise added that if the corporate was responsible for any costs, they’d solely have to pay for the person’s whole medical bills.
Of their authentic reply to the lawsuit, 7-Eleven demanded a jury trial happen to deal with the problem. The Cameron County man additionally requested a trial date be arrange for the case.
Orders have been issued to the hospital to supply medical data of the person’s go to on that Feb. 2020 day.
The courtroom held a convention on the case on Tuesday to debate particulars in regards to the lawsuit. A trial date has but to be set for this case.