01.dec.06
Goldsboro News-Argus (North Carolina)
Andrew Bell
http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2006/12/01/woman_claims_she_found_tooth_in_biscuit/index.shtml
A Wayne County woman has filed a lawsuit against McDonald's after allegedly finding a piece of a human tooth in her food last year. She is seeking at least $10,000 in damages over the incident.
Terryl Underwood, who is represented by Goldsboro lawyer Ron Lawrence, filed the lawsuit in August in Wayne Superior Court against Wilson-based Dixon Foods Group Inc., Irvine, Calif.-based Golden State Foods Group and McDonald's Corp.
The lawsuit stems from an alleged incident on Nov. 4, 2005, when Ms. Underwood entered the McDonald's restaurant at 2002 Wayne Memorial Drive and ordered a sausage biscuit. The restaurant is owned by Dixon Foods Group Inc. and receives food and ingredients from Golden State Foods Group. Ms. Underwood said in her lawsuit that after she began eating the biscuit, she bit down on a piece of a human tooth.
After realizing the object was a tooth, Ms. Underwood spit out the tooth and claimed she became nauseated and vomited, which required medical attention. Since that time, she alleges that she has suffered physical pain and discomfort, missed time from work to make repeated visits to the hospital and has suffered mental anguish.