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If someone shoplifts a carton of milk

  • 07-07-2011 10:23pm
    #1
    Dublindude69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 770 ✭✭✭


    or any kind of food/drink, then eats/drinks it, then gets violent sick and ends up in hospital due to food poisining, would the theif be able to sue the shop they stole it from?


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  • #2
    Needler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Needler


    Dublindude69 wrote: »
    or any kind of food/drink, then eats/drinks it, then gets violent sick and ends up in hospital due to food poisining, would the theif be able to sue the shop they stole it from?

    It would probably be the crowd that made the milk they'd end up sueing.

    If it was out of date or anything they kind of brought it on themselves, shop can say the person behind the till would have spotted it being out of date


  • #3
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,090 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I seem to remember on Boards a case quoted where someone took food from a wheelie bin at Tescos, got sick and sued Tescos. Can't remember what the result was :p


  • #4
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    In Thailand they have a rule about Shoplifting, if you are caught you have to pay ten times the price of the item you shoplifted as punishment.

    If you steal a litre of milk I don't you would have any comeback as you never made a consumer purchase and then consumer protection would not apply to you; similar to when a company buys from another company B2B the gripe then becomes between the purchaser and the manufacturer and the retailer is only obligated to the consumer AFAIK!


  • #5
    General General
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭General General


    Someone is thinking of poisoning some stock that they 'know' will get shoplifted.


  • #6
    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    I imagine the best legal defence the shop would have is to demand a proof of purchase !

    They'd have to prove it came from their shop.


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  • #7
    policarp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    Are you feeling a little queasy, Dude?


  • #8
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    Carton of milk?

    How Dairy!:mad:


  • #9
    chicken fingers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 645 ✭✭✭chicken fingers


    General General wrote: »
    Someone is thinking of poisoning some stock that they 'know' will get shoplifted.
    Yup. This is what the thread is about, there is no other reason to ask this question.


  • #10
    charlemont
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,725 ✭✭✭charlemont


    Robbed some out of date alcohol years ago, Didn't go suing Bulmers though.


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