Man says fish salad gave him 9-foot tapeworm

[Amerigo Vespucci]

CHICAGO - A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a Chicago restaurant.

In the lawsuit filed Monday, Anthony Franz said he ordered salmon salad for lunch from Shaw's Crab House in 2006 and fell violently ill. He later passed the giant parasite, which a pathologist determined came from undercooked fish, such as salmon.

Franz's lawsuit seeks $100,000 from Shaw's and its parent company, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, contending the restaurant's staff was negligent in serving him improperly cooked fish.

But Carrol Symank, vice president of food safety for Lettuce Entertain You, said the tapeworm didn't come from Shaw's.

"We have done a thorough investigation and we're confident the restaurant is not the source," he said.

Tapeworms can measure up to 50 feet long.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26290797/

[Deja Q]

1. I am NEVER going to eat sushi ever again...

:scared:


Oh, who'd he pass the tapeworm to?

[old mark]

13. Never have, never will,

Don't feel like it's a loss for me.

mark

[datasuspect]

2. reminds me of the three stooges:

Curly: Hey Moe, I'm going fishin'!

Moe: Do you got woims?

Curly: Yeah! But I'm goin' anyway! WOO WOO WOO WOO WOO!!!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

11. One of the all-time classic Stooges bits...

...the first time I head it I thought "Did he really just say what I thought he said?"

The second had to be in a Shemp episode in which they were captured by headhunters / cannibals, and the leader of the village points to Shemp and says "YOU...the BEAUTIFUL one."

:rofl:

[Faygo Kid]

3. Thanks for sharing.

I like the YouTube music videos we cross-post better than 9-foot tapeworms, but that's just me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKfl15c-Kh0&feature=related

[Parche]

4. Get DNA From The Worm....

I am sure the Restaurant is SAURY about the incident, but they didnt do it on PORPOISE,
it just is an unlucky incident.
I hope they keep the dialog going, and dont CLAM up about the tragic issue, on a SCALE of
1-10, this guy sounds like a real CRAB.

:hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. I'm curious as to how long "later" is in that story.

Be funny if it gets to court and we find out that "later" is "four days" or something idiotic like that.

[LostInAnomie]

6. I would have quit eating after the first few inches.

Some people are dedicated, I guess.

[pinniped]

7. In a Redbook article years ago, this dude ate sushi several times a week....

and became the host for a 30-foot tapeworm.

I don't know how this guy can definitively say the salmon from Shaw's was the tapeworm culprit.

Around here, there are a lot of hole in the wall sushi dives and to eat raw fish there is a risky proposition.

[undeterred]

8. pix

[pokerfan]

9. He must have ordered the big salad

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

10. I would think that it would take some time to grow a 9ft tapeworm

If he got sick within a few days of eating the salmon - which would seem to be the case, if he blamed his illness on that- then I doubt he would have had a worm that long.

It's possible that undercooked fish might have made him sick, which caused him to pass the tapeworm, in which case Shaw's actually did him a favor by making him sick, because otherwise, he might have had a 20 ft worm in his gut before he discovered it.

[RebelOne]

12. I didn't know that you weren't supposed to eat undercooked salmon.

I always undercook salmon. In fact, I've eaten it raw. Guess I'd better get checked for tapeworm.

[moriah]

14. I could use a good tapeworm... or 20....

I need to shed a few pounds!

Not brave 'nuff to eat Sushi to get one, though...