What are my rights if I was eating a bowl of cereal and bit into something hard like a rock and it cracked my front tooth?
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What are my rights if I was eating a bowl of cereal and bit into something hard like a rock and it cracked my front tooth?
Can I make them pay for it to get fixed?
Asked on July 11, 2011 under Personal Injury, Pennsylvania
Answers:
FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You might have the basis for a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the cereal for having a foreign object in the cereal box that you bit into (assuming the item you bit into was not cereal) that cracked your front tooth under a products defect theory of recovery.
The issue you would have is proving that the item that you bit into that cracked your tooth actually came from that sealed ceral box. Do you have what you bit into? If not, you would have a very difficult, if not almost impossible chance of proving your claims.
Your damages would be the costs of fixing your cracked tooth and associated pain/suffering resulting from the injury.
FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You might have the basis for a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the cereal for having a foreign object in the cereal box that you bit into (assuming the item you bit into was not cereal) that cracked your front tooth under a products defect theory of recovery.
The issue you would have is proving that the item that you bit into that cracked your tooth actually came from that sealed ceral box. Do you have what you bit into? If not, you would have a very difficult, if not almost impossible chance of proving your claims.
Your damages would be the costs of fixing your cracked tooth and associated pain/suffering resulting from the injury.
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