Teen who claimed glass was in Nutella wins €30k

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https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/1211/1016523-teen-sues-ferrero-uk/

A 16-year-old student has been awarded more than €30,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court after she claimed to have been injured when she swallowed a chocolate spread containing minuscule shards of glass.

Boom_Bap

and now our reporter onsite, Deckard Shaw will offer his opinion on the case as it unfolds. Over to you Deckard.

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Boom_Bap wrote: »

and now our reporter onsite, Deckard Shaw will offer his opinion on the case as it unfolds. Over to you Deckard.

I never realised Nutella was so crunchy.

Deckard Shaw
Boards.ie News
Dublin

Boom_Bap

Ellis Tart Pensioner wrote: »

I never realised Nutella was so crunchy.

Ellis Tart Pensioner
Boards.ie News
Dublin

Thanks Deckard, we'll be back to you after the weather for an update.

enricoh

Getting groarke as judge is akin to winning the lotto.
The man makes eye watering awards, insurance companies should invest in a hitman!

The Bishop Basher

What was the injury apart from some stomach pain ?

frosty123

a 16 yr old with 30k i can envisage some wild parties ahead

do they get these payments in bulk?....or is it a portion at a time?

Mrcaramelchoc

Deckard Shaw live In the FYI helicopter only on kwrpmn at 6.
kwrpmn your hourly news station.

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enricoh wrote: »

Getting groarke as judge is akin to winning the lotto.
The man makes eye watering awards, insurance companies should invest in a hitman!

Des Zaidan should be moved and placed in charge of all civil cases in Dublin. He is a bit like that guy 'Padlock' in Cork.

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frosty123 wrote: »

a 16 yr old with 30k i can envisage some wild parties ahead

do they get these payments in bulk?....or is it a portion at a time?

He'll get the lot in one go once he turns 18.

DrumSteve

Who am I meant to be angry at here?

Can I get my complimentary pitchfork on my out?

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Rennaws wrote: »

What was the injury apart from some stomach pain ?

Mental health problems featured as well possibly, as well as a fear of eating Nutella or any choclate spread in a glass jar again.

I do find it odd, that they gave him €30k based on nothing at all, except the complaint of sporadic stomache aches.

Doesn't appear to be any cuts or bleeding to signify he'd swallowed glass?


I presume they (Ferrero) offered him a few Euro, and the solicitor reckoned they'd be best off going to court. I'd imagine that, in court, you've a 90% success rate, as they'll take you more seriously for even just going to court in the first place? (the logic being that a chancer would take the small payment and run, so if you're going to court, you must be legit?).

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Boom_Bap wrote: »

Thanks Deckard, we'll be back to you after the weather for an update.

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Deleted User wrote: »

I do find it odd, that they gave him €30k based on nothing at all, except the complaint of sporadic stomache aches.

Doesn't appear to be any cuts or bleeding to signify he'd swallowed glass?


I presume they (Ferrero) offered him a few Euro, and the solicitor reckoned they'd be best off going to court. I'd imagine that, in court, you've a 90% success rate, as they'll take you more seriously for even just going to court in the first place? (the logic being that a chancer would take the small payment and run, so if you're going to court, you must be legit?).

Like alot of cases here it was probably cheaper to settle it on the steps, it must go before the judge for ratification in the cases of minors.

Examination afterwards had revealed there were several pieces of glass in the Nutella that remained in the bottom of the jar.

Hammer89

Ellis Tart Pensioner wrote: »

He'll get the lot in one go once he turns 18.

It was a girl.

Some reporter you are.

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Hammer89 wrote: »

It was a girl.

Some reporter you are.

I'm eating my lunch in a fancy hotel.

Varik

So Doctors and an Xray couldn't see anything, and even if they did that wouldn't prove it was the Nutella. Was a glass laces jar of Nutella presented, it could have been the bagel or anything else she ate. Could also be a load of lies for a payout.

muckwarrior

Berties_Horse wrote: »

You'd be nutella to swallow that.

I don't get it. Are you trying to make a pun? Did you use the word nutella instead of nuts? Because that would be an unbelievably shit pun. I really hope that's not it and there's something else that I'm just not getting.

GreeBo

frosty123 wrote: »

a 16 yr old with 30k i can envisage some wild parties ahead

do they get these payments in bulk?....or is it a portion at a time?

Deebles McBeebles

If I may pose a question...what would you eat for 30k?

jamesbere

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

If I may pose a question...what would you eat for 30k?

A loaf of bread, I can say there's poison in it. No prove though.

Any food company that sells a product with broken glass in it deserves a hefty financial slap, and anyone who finds themselves inadvertently eating broken glass and getting pain afterwards deserves compensation for the pain, and the fear of serious injury.

30k is nothing to a company that size, it should have been a bigger award in my opinion, so other food companies take note. Food safety is pretty important to everyone, after all. Could have been a little child eating it on a toast soldier, or an elderly person with issues swallowing and the outcome could have been much worse.

But carry on. Free money etc.

Oh and the courts hold the money in trust until the minor reaches the age of majority.

Bob Harris

Candie wrote: »

Any food company that sells a product with broken glass in it deserves a hefty financial slap, and anyone who finds themselves inadvertently eating broken glass and getting pain afterwards deserves compensation for the pain, and the fear of serious injury.

30k is nothing to a company that size, it should have been a bigger award in my opinion, so other food companies take note. Food safety is pretty important to everyone, after all. Could have been a little child eating it on a toast soldier, or an elderly person with issues swallowing and the outcome could have been much worse.

But carry on. Free money etc.

Oh and the courts hold the money in trust until the minor reaches the age of majority.

Are you the mammy?

No, just not prone to knee-jerk reactions to claims regarding broken glass in food.

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Candie wrote: »

No, just not prone to knee-jerk reactions to claims regarding broken glass in food.

Is this you?
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/woman-who-banged-her-knee-against-table-leg-at-restaurant-awarded-20k-35579644.html

Bob Harris

If there really had been glass in the jar, they would have recalled the whole batch, ten's of thousands of jars of the product.

It is also highly unlikely that there would be shards of glass in only one jar and not in dozens if not hundreds yet I see no mention of anyone else complaiming of shards of glass in their Nutella and abdominal pain as a result of their ingestion.

kneemos

DrumSteve wrote: »

Who am I meant to be angry at here?

Can I get my complimentary pitchfork on my out?

Keep on standby.


This may get messy.

frosty123

frosty123 wrote: »

a 16 yr old with 30k i can envisage some wild parties ahead

do they get these payments in bulk?....or is it a portion at a time?

Ellis Tart Pensioner wrote: »

He'll get the lot in one go once he turns 18.

that'll be the mother of all 18th birthday partys

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frosty123 wrote: »

that'll be the mother of all 18th birthday partys

Lets just hope there's nothing unusual in her bottle of WKD :cool:

kneemos

I found Earwigs in my Weetabix on two separate occasions decades ago.
Should have kept them.

frosty123

so whats to stop someone from smashing a glass jar/bottle and putting the shards in their own nuttella, marmite, jam etc etc ???

(think i might chance my arm)

SEPT 23 1989

I have not eaten glass but would it not break bits off your teeth while chewing?

Cee-Jay-Cee

Varik wrote: »

So Doctors and an Xray couldn't see anything, and even if they did that wouldn't prove it was the Nutella. Was a glass laces jar of Nutella presented, it could have been the bagel or anything else she ate. Could also be a load of lies for a payout.

The jar was examined and further pieces of glass found at the bottom. The case is legit but the payment is ridiculous considering there were no physical injuries.

mad muffin

If he could afford to buy Nutella instead of Nutoka dafuq does he need €30K for?

Bob Harris

kneemos wrote: »

I found Earwigs in my Weetabix on two separate occasions decades ago.
Should have kept them.

Eating them wasn't a good idea anyway.

SEPT 23 1989

Bob Harris wrote: »

Eating them wasn't a good idea anyway.

When all you can afford to eat for dinner is Weetabix,Earwigs would be considered a delicacy

Grayson

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I have not eaten glass but would it not break bits off your teeth while chewing?

I once, whilst very drunk, attempted to drink sambuca from the neck of a bottle that was broken.

I chewed glass, thought it was crystallised sambuca (like the way peach schnapps crystallises) and spat it out.

I didn't chip a tooth and didn't even cut myself. I was really fcuking lucky.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I have not eaten glass but would it not break bits off your teeth while chewing?

I don’t think so really, I’d imagine tooth enamel is a harder substance than glass. Open to correction on that though.

Deebles McBeebles

It would certainly ruin your gums. Unless you're Grayson with his carbon fibre mouth!

topper75

GreeBo wrote: »

I'll tip my hat to the new compensation
Take a bow for the new litigation
Smile and grin at the cash all around
Dial up my lawyer and say
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
That Groarke gets fooled again