My husband was eating a can of Campbell's chunky soup and half way through found a hair in his mouth. I know totally disgusting. It was a long white hair. I took a picture and kept the can and emailed Campbell's Soup Co. Anyone experience this and/or how did you handle? Thanks!
No one has long white hair in this house; my husband prepared the soup and is practically bald; with a black fade.
2007-10-28 15:39:16 · 7 answers · asked by Wonder Woman 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Just the loss of the can of soup. Just the fact they we were totally grossed out! To the guy that said "get over it"..screw you..I just wanted to know if anyone had done that before; not looking for millions I've got plenty of money thank you!
2007-10-28 15:50:50 · update #1
First you have to prove that the hair came from the soup.
My dad was eating Del Monte canned tomatoes in a dish and noticed it was chewy. Spit out half a tomato worm. Found the other half well cooked on his plate.
I found a garden slug in a bottle of Royal Crown Cola, it was about half dissolved. Yuck.
My wife and I were eating at the Denny's in Jackson, CA. the other day. We had stopped going there years ago after finding a glob of snot stuck half way down in a cup of coffee (stuck on the side). We figured there had to have been changes over the years. My wife ordered pancakes, and as she was eating them, found jelly underneath them. She doesn't use jelly. We showed it to the waitress and she didn't even apologize.
You hear all the time about crazy settlements for filth in food products, but that has to be less than 1% of the cases that are never brought to court. These large companies have legal staffs that are on salary. You have to pay by the hour or find somebody who will take a case on contingency. Just like fighting the government.
The most yucky one I can remember was in the papers, a lady bought a loaf of Langendorf bread. A rat had been baked inside it and been sliced and packaged.
If you read what is now permitted to be in your foods, you may never eat another processed food product.
Good luck.
2007-10-28 15:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You could sue, but you probably wouldn't win. Although I understand why you're disgusted (I mean who wouldn't be!) chances are the court would find your claim to be extremely trivial.
Basically you would be suing for negligence and in negligence you actually need to prove some type of damage - apart from the loss of the can of soup (which lets face it, isn't exactly worth a lot) you don't really have a claim.
Although there have been some sucessful similar cases they are all extreme - snails in bottles, dead rats in bread etc - not just a stray hair. Not to mention in this the people were physically ill - not just disgusted. I think the woman in the bread case ended up in hospital.
The other issue you would have is proving that the hair was in the can before you bought it. Even if you are certain that the hair was, if it went to court they would make up all different types of scenarios - ie; the hair was from a pet, or you may have had hair on your clothes which fell into the soup, or you put the hair there deliberately...
It really isn't worth it when you weigh up the costs of hiring a lawyer, court fees etc. Even if you did somehow manage to win the court would only award you a few measley dollars.
It's probably just better to write a complaint to Campbell's, explaining the situation, stating that you are considering taking further action and so forth. You'll probably get a refund and maybe a few free cans of soup (not that you would be wanting to eat it...but ah well).
2007-10-29 00:15:46 · answer #2 · answered by xxalmostfamous1987xx 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was an unforeseeable accident. They didn't know the bug was there or else they would have removed it (though difficult considering they process MILLIONS of pistachios). Don't be one of those losers that mock the justice system by suing over something so trivial. In fact, you should feel lucky they didn't charge you more for the extra protein!
2016-03-13 08:08:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah... sue them and become part of the problem with our legal system in the US.
What damage did your husband incur as a result? None. You have no case. Get over it.
Send the company an email and a picture and they will gladly refund your money and probably send you some nice recipes too.
{edit} Screw you too... people like you make me hate our legal system. whaaaaa I want to sue some one too... whaaaaaaaa
Hilarious.
2007-10-28 15:43:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Could you prove that hair caused undue hardship or monetary loss?
Look, the courts are a last ditch option, not some way to hide oneself. Call Campbells. They will replace the soup or give you a refund.
2007-10-28 15:48:03 · answer #5 · answered by Caninelegion 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can sue for anything, the question is; is it really necessary?
2007-10-28 15:43:14 · answer #6 · answered by wsnyder02 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry. No $19 million dollar check for this one.
2007-10-28 15:45:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋