NEW YORK — A customer has filed a lawsuit against the food chain Chopt for a salad that she claimed contained a piece of the manager’s finger.
The lawsuit filed Monday by Allison Cozzi of Greenwich, Connecticut, alleges that she purchased a salad at a Chopt location in Mount Kisco, New York, on April 7, 2023, and while eating it she realized that “she was chewing a portion of a human finger that had been mixed and formed part of the salad.”
According to the lawsuit, a restaurant manager accidentally cut a piece of her left index finger while cutting arugula.
The manager went to the hospital, but the contaminated arugula was served to customers, including Cozzi, the lawsuit says.
Westchester County Health Department records show Chopt was fined $900.
Cozzi said in the lawsuit that he suffered injuries including shock, panic attacks, migraine, cognitive impairment, nausea, dizziness, and neck and shoulder pain as a result of eating the contaminated salad.
She is seeking unspecified monetary damages.
An email seeking comment was sent to Chopt Creative Salad Co.a chain with more than 70 locations in the eastern United States.
Cozzi’s attorney said Tuesday that he did not want to comment further.
2023-11-28 21:14:46
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