A New York Metropolis lady is suing Chipotle, DoorDash and the employee who delivered her meals, alleging she “bit into a rodent” contained inside the hen burrito bowl she ordered.
Based on a civil grievance filed Monday in New York County Supreme Court docket, Gia Bernhardt, 24, positioned an order on Jan. 11 from the Third Ave. Chipotle on the Higher East Aspect, between East 84th and eighty fifth streets.
Upon her order being delivered by the “dasher,” she dug into her meals, solely to “bite into a rodent … and thereby suffer and sustain severe bodily injuries,” per the grievance, first reported on Tuesday by The Unbiased.
The go well with doesn’t specify Bernhardt’s alleged accidents, however says the ordeal brought about “pain, shock and severe mental anguish.” It claims “these injuries and their effects will be permanent,” have required bills for medical therapy and have rendered her “unable to perform [her] normal activities and duties.”
He claims she returned to the restaurant with the meals and spoke to the workers that had been current, who proceeded to attempt to “convince her” that the thriller object with “ears, nose and tail” was hen.
They then threw away the alleged rodent, Vaccaro mentioned, whereas his shopper went to the hospital for testing and therapy.
Bernhardt is in search of unspecified compensatory and punitive damages from Chipotle, DoorDash and the “dasher” recognized solely as “John Doe.” She alleges their negligence subjected her to “unreasonably dangerous condition[s],” and that she has sustained losses because of the incident.
“We strongly deny the allegations in this complaint, and we will vigorously defend ourselves against these claims,” Chipotle’s Chief Company Affairs and Meals Security Officer Laurie Schalow mentioned in an announcement. “The health and safety of our employees and guests is our highest priority, and we have industry-leading food safety practices in place across our restaurants.”
In 2020, 4 staff at a Washington Heights location of the quick informal chain claimed they wanted to kill dozens of rats that had been consuming the avocados on the restaurant.
Final yr, a Chipotle in New Haven, Conn. voluntarily shut down for a interval attributable to a “rodent control” situation. The corporate blamed the scenario on the situation’s landlord.
