{"id":134667,"date":"2023-11-29T05:03:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T05:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=134667"},"modified":"2023-11-29T05:03:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T05:03:43","slug":"connecticut-woman-sues-chopt-claiming-she-found-a-finger-in-her-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/connecticut-woman-sues-chopt-claiming-she-found-a-finger-in-her-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut woman sues Chopt claiming she found a FINGER in her salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Connecticut woman sues salad chain Chopt claiming she found worker&#8217;s FINGER in her lunch after he lopped it off while slicing arugula<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Allison Cozzi of Greenwich, Connecticut , said she made the gruesome discovery while eating lunch at a Mount Kisco, NY branch on April 7, 2023<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>According to the court documents, a manager at the restaurant sliced off a portion of her left pointer finger while chopping arugula earlier that day<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cozzi said she suffered injuries including &#8216;shock, panic attacks, migraine, cognitive impairment, nausea, dizziness, and neck and shoulder pain&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A horrified customer is launching a lawsuit against Chopt after allegedly finding a human finger in her salad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Allison Cozzi of Greenwich, Connecticut, said she made the gruesome discovery while dining on a leafy lunch at a Mount Kisco, NY branch on April 7, 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her lawsuit launched in New York Supreme Court on Monday says that &#8216;while she was eating the salad, she realized that she was chewing on a portion of a human finger that had been mixed in to, and made a part of, the salad&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the court documents seen by DailyMail.com, a manager at the restaurant sliced off a portion of her left pointer finger while chopping arugula earlier that day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The manager went to the hospital but the &#8216;contaminated arugula&#8217; was served to customers including Cozzi, the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/22\/78345751-12801715-Allison_Cozzi_of_Greenwich_Connecticut_said_she_found_part_of_a_-m-44_1701209225430.jpg\" height=\"490\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Allison Cozzi of Greenwich, Connecticut , said she found part of a human finger in her food while dining on a leafy lunch at a Mount Kisco, NY Chopt branch (pictured) on April 7, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Westchester County health department records show that Chopt paid a $900 fine for the alleged incident.<\/p>\n<p>Cozzi said in the lawsuit that she suffered injuries including &#8216;shock, panic attacks, migraine, cognitive impairment, nausea, dizziness, and neck and shoulder pain&#8217; as a result of eating the contaminated salad.<\/p>\n<p>She is seeking unspecified monetary damages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her lawsuit accuses Chopt employees and owners of being &#8216;reckless, careless and negligent in providing food that was contaminated and adulterated with a foreign object consisting of a portion of a human finger&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An email seeking comment was sent to Chopt Creative Salad Co., a chain with more than 70 locations across the eastern United States.<\/p>\n<p>Cozzi\u2019s attorney said Tuesday that she does not want to comment further.<\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, this isn&#8217;t the first time a customer eating at a major food chain has found a severed finger in their food &#8211; as similar encounters have been documented around the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/22\/78345959-12801715-image-a-45_1701209392266.jpg\" height=\"446\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit launched in New York Supreme Court on Monday says that &#8216;while she was eating the salad, she realized that she was chewing on a portion of a human finger that had been mixed in to, and made a part of, the salad&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, a Melbourne woman claimed she found a fingernail in her McDonald&#8217;s fries\u00a0while visiting her sick daughter at the Royal Children&#8217;s Hospital in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In California, a pregnant woman discovered a bloody fingertip in her salad in 2016 when she dined at an Applebee&#8217;s restaurant in Paso Robles.<\/p>\n<p>A Michigan Arby&#8217;s also served a teenage boy an inch-long segment of finger in his junior roast beef sandwich in 2012.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12801715\/Connecticut-woman-sues-salad-chain-Chopt-FINGER-New-York.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut woman sues salad chain Chopt claiming she found worker&#8217;s 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