After allegedly discovering a portion of a severed human finger in her food, a Connecticut woman has filed a lawsuit against the the salad restaurant chain Chopt, which operates more than 70 locations nationwide.
Allison Cozzi choked on a partially severed finger on April 7 and suffered from "serious personal injuries," according to the lawsuit, including traumatic stress, cognitive impairment, vomiting, and shoulder soreness.
According to the lawsuit:
“Shortly after [the] plaintiff purchased the salad while she was eating the salad, she realized that she was chewing on a portion of a human finger that had been mixed in, and made a part of, the salad."
The suit alleges that a manager was cutting arugula on April 7 when she chopped off part of her left pointer finger. The employee went to the hospital for treatment, allegedly leaving the finger-contaminated arugula to be served to unsuspecting customers.
It's unclear how many other people ate the arugula at that Chopt location in Mount Kisco, New York, a town not far from Cozzi's home in Greenwich.
Many people chimed in with some pretty visceral reactions.
People who hate salads were feeling very smug.
And, because of the restaurant's name, the jokes came flooding in.
Some people, however, weren't buying the story.
The Westchester County Health Department had, in fact, investigated the claim, and charged the restaurant a $900 fine.
Cozzi will continue to pursue her case.
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