Applebee's Customer Burned by Fajitas While Praying, But He Can't Sue
When religion gets litigious.
An Applebee's customer who was burned while praying over his plate of sizzling fajitas has been told he cannot sue the chain. Late yesterday, a New Jersey appellate court upheld the decision of a lower court which had dismissed the case in 2010, reports the AP .
Hiram Jimenez originally sought damages because he sustained burns immediately upon bowing his head over the food to pray. He told the court that he "bow bowed his head, then heard a loud sizzle followed by a grease pop. He then felt a burning sensation in his left eye and on his face." He then said that he panicked and accidentally knocked the food into his lap, causing more burns. The AP writes that the burns did not cause scarring.
When fajitas are brought to the table at Applebee's, it's customary for the server to warn diners about the hot skillet. The meat and vegetables are served in a cast iron pan which is nestled into a wooden plate and often has a cloth pot holder for protection. The man claimed that his server did not warn him about the temperature of the dish, but the lower court wrote,"the risk of injury was foreseeable since the plate of food, as described by plaintiff, was sizzling, smoking and 'real hot,'."
Tags
Who is online
50 visitors
If this doesn't make it obvious that prayer is useless, I don't know what will. Lol.
It is settled law that praying over fajitas is implicit release of all claims against the purveyor of the dish
Stop bitching Hiram! It was God's will.
they always warn us about the hot dish-- and it does sizzle!
Most people don't want the world to know how stupid they really are. And yet, here is Mr. Jimenez, carrying on like he is about to become a millionaire, when in reality, he waswinning the defendant's case for them.
Here are a few of his tweets for your reading pleasure.
@ NancyGraceHLN . I sufferd burns to my face hot sizzler blew up applebee s lawyer said I must take some blame cause I paryed. Help us nancy
0 replies 0 retweets 0 favorites@ Oprah
@ Oprah untold story from my mother who was liveing together with julia de burgos. Which she share her story with me be an honor to share opr
@ Oprah . Story of pain suffering my mother an aunt went through as well my own loses one of my own thank u for ur time
@ Oprah the pain my mother sufferd the truth story of my aunt she told me when she found her the pain of lose two sisters so traged
@ Oprah lost my mother aunt greatest poet of puerto rico. Julia de. burgos. Tragedies my mother story of tragedies as well my own
@ Oprah this is an unbelievable story honestly a nightmare my religious beliefs is being violated love to get on his show to expose the truth
How else are they going to put tax-payers money to good use?
You simply can't fix stupid. It's incurable.
Thank god I'm an atheist!
hmm, wondering in addition to being stupid, if he were deaf and blind would he have prevailed? What a waste of court time, hope he had to pay court costs! Bet his lawyer took an hourly and not contingent.