Comments on: Judge tosses exploding-snail case

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:24:43 +0000

I’m disappointed this didn’t go further: it’s time for a new Donoghue v Stevenson

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:21:50 +0000

I wonder if anyone has looked into the question of whether the plaintiffs were shills for the manufacturers of hoi sin sauce or Chinese restaurants? The snails used in the Chinese dish “snails in hoi sin sauce” are safer since they are not stuffed with butter and have a hole drilled in the shell to make it possible to suck them out. 🙂

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:34:55 +0000

In a decision “laden with legal precedent and Latin jargon” I am somewhat surprised that the judge allegedly wrote that there is “reasonable expectation of the presence and, thus potential personal injury, due to hot grease in orders of escargot which are prepared and served with ‘hot garlic butter.'”