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Di Carlos Pizzeria sends a teen to the hospital
Complete negligence on the restaurant sends a teen to the hospital with an allergic reaction.
LAWSUIT
Milwaukee County Case Number 2019CV007711 Pedone Restaurant and Catering, Inc. et al vs. David Bates et al
https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2019CV007711&countyNo=40&index=0
The cover up
The restaurant staff, upon being notified, changes the menu wording in an attempt to cover up their mistake.
That's right, while a teenage was on the way to the hospital, the restaurant was urgently changing all of the wording that used to read "gluten free" to "gluten friendly." Ingredients can not be "gluten friendly." Food is either contains gluten or is does not, and a child with an allergy doesn't take a chance on a maybe.
As of today, the restaurant has removed all the phrasing of "gluten friendly" as well. If you are that unsure of your ingredients and products, and/or your staff's ability to ensure the safety of your customers, you have no right offering it to begin with. Either that, or they purposely eliminated the product so the investigating team had nothing for comparison. Shame on you.
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Additional Information
Allergies are anything your body has determined to be a "poison" to it.
Sometimes an allergy starts mild and progresses, other times, it starts harshly.
To anyone who has experienced a severe allergic reaction, that is something
that is forever ingrained in their minds and they will generally do anything
and everything to avoid that "poison." This not only includes avoiding the foods
they know without a doubt they can't have, but it involves extreme caution
when eating somewhere other than home. Almost every single day the words
"does this contain any .....(insert allergen here)?" Sometimes the staff doesn't
know, and offers to go to the kitchen to find out for sure. A list of ingredients
for all food served at a restaurant should be available. Does it make eating
out stressful? Yes. Depending on the allergy, some people have to avoid certain
restaurants all together. This can make finding a place to eat as a family difficult.
When you do find a restaurant that offers allergen free foods, you now have to
trust the staff preparing the food. All staff should have training regarding allergies
and take extra precautions with those orders. What some people don't understand,
or forget, is that when fulfilling an order you have someone's life in your hand,
and that life could be a child's. Please take it seriously.
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Although peanut allergies are the most common, EVERYONE needs to be aware that other allergies exist and are just as serious. Kids should not die because of someone else's negligence, espeically when the child and family have taken every precaution they could. Not only does there need to be more awareness, but restaurants need to take every single order seriously. This is just a small list of the children that have died because of an oversight, even after being told of an allergy.
https://www.themonitor.com/2018/06/04/mother-fights-for-change-after-son-dies-of-food-allergy/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/world/europe/uk-takeaway-allergy-death.html
https://robynobrien.com/emilys-story-a-life-lost-and-a-parents-wish/