I think A BUDGET SHOP COLA Poisoned me and my mam, but don't want it to be libelous

skint-student-nurse

mookiandco wrote: »

One of the most famous legal cases which established 'the duty of care' principle involves a decomposed snail in a bottle of ginger beer. These are the facts of the case:

On the evening of Sunday 26 August 1928 May Donoghue, n!e M’Alister, boarded a tram in Glasgow for the thirty-minute journey to Paisley. At around ten minutes to nine, she and a friend took their seats in the Wellmeadow Caf! in the town's Wellmeadow Place. They were approached by the caf! owner, Francis Minchella, and Donoghue's friend ordered and paid for a pear and ice and an ice-cream drink. The owner brought the order and poured part of a bottle of ginger beer into a tumbler containing ice cream. Donoghue drank some of the contents and her friend lifted the bottle to pour the remainder of the ginger beer into the tumbler. It was claimed that the remains of a snail in a state of decomposition dropped out of the bottle into the tumbler. Donoghue later complained of stomach pain and her doctor diagnosed her as having gastroenteritis and being in a state of severe shock.
On 9 April 1929, Donoghue brought an action against David Stevenson, an aerated water manufacturer in Paisley, in which she claimed £500 as damages for injuries sustained by her through drinking ginger beer which had been manufactured by him. The case was ultimately settled out of court and the facts were never established in a court of law.
The identity of Donoghue's friend is unknown, but that person is referred to as "she" in the case reports (including the first paragraph of the judgment of Lord MacMillan in the House of Lords). Other factual uncertainties include whether the animal (if it existed) was a snail or a slug, whether the bottle contained ginger beer or some other beverage (as 'ginger' in Glaswegian and West of Scotland parlance referred to any fizzy drink) and whether the drink was part of an ice-cream soda.

ahhh,that takes me back to my days of studying for my A-levels in Law...and on that note op, like others have said, you cant make accusations like that, especially on a public website! i hope your feeling better though...

DCFC79

Deleted_User wrote: »

Ive kept the bottles, and my nanna will take a sample down to the council this week when she has to go

also after this thread i dont fell to confident

if it was that bad i would have taken the sample down yesterday,

oh and well done on changing the title,

elfen

"Mentally disabled"......isn't that phraseology discriminative and offensive in itself Try "mental health issues" or "learning problems" and it's not so bad. But yes, I am "mentally disabled" as you so charmingly put it, and I regularly take the !!!! out of myself.

BFG_2

Deleted_User wrote: »

clap clap

to be honest ive given up the slander has got to be more than enough to

A pedant writes...

You've given up the slander?? I didn't realise you were addicted to it!

Strictly speaking, slander is spoken; it's libel that is written.

[Deleted User]

well whatever the web based equivilant is:)

trevor_john

cleo1299 wrote: »

Probably a contagious tummy bug. Drink plenty of fluids.

But NOT the same cola :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

fishingcinema

sounds to me like you have had something more along the lines of Gastroenteritis

http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/Gastroenteritis.html

me and my eldest suffered with it when she was about a year old and it was painful and terrible cramps, great for dieting though i lost nearly a stone in a week as you are too afraid to eat lol

must admit though even with having it i still managed to get to the loo in time and not mess all my sheets/shorts

its very strange how both you and your mum suffered the same symptoms after both drinking cola
could it not have been that you both just got a bug whilst being together and as it was after dinking the cola that prehaps you thought this was the cause

if you feel the need and want to be sure then do as others have said and contact enviromental health to check the bottles and i would try and either get to the doctors before 10days or ask for a phone appointment or a home visit

just remember to drink plenty of fluids hope you feel better soon

geordieracer

Was in the paper today about how much chicken is full of stuff that will give you the above symptoms.. and given that ive already pointed out it tastes like chiken i can see the problem.