JURY DENIES MAN DAMAGES FOR TERIYAKI BURN.Byline: Sandy Stokes Riverside Press-Enterprise A Lake Elsinore restaurant does not have to pay damages to a Lake Forest man who said his genitalia genitalia /gen·i·ta·lia/ (jen?i-tal´e-ah) [L.] the reproductive organs. ambiguous genitalia were injured by hot teriyaki ter·i·ya·ki n. A Japanese dish of grilled or broiled slices of marinated meat or shellfish. [Japanese : teri, glaze + yaki, to broil.] Noun 1. sauce, a jury decided. Herb Schweiz had sought $45,000 to $50,000 in damages for injuries, lost income and loss of sexual relations sexual relations pl.n. 1. Sexual intercourse. 2. Sexual activity between individuals. after teriyaki sauce from a chicken dinner was spilled in his lap at Park Plaza Cafe, said a spokesman for the restaurant's attorney. The cafe's attorney, William Pascoe, argued in Superior Court in Riverside that Schweiz caused the spill on his pants when he pulled the teriyaki chicken dinner away from the waitress, said spokesman Jerry Regier. Nick Nash, who owns the restaurant on Riverside Drive A number of cities around the world have a Riverside Drive. In the United States:
The accident occurred in October 1994, Nash said. ``He didn't complain about being burned at the time,'' Nash said. The customer had demanded free dinners for himself and his companion, wanted the restaurant to pay to have his trousers cleaned and had the police called out, Nash said. When the injury lawsuit was filed later, ``we just turned it over to our insurance company,'' he said. The company offered an out-of-court settlement An agreement reached between the parties in a pending lawsuit that resolves the dispute to their mutual satisfaction and occurs without judicial intervention, supervision, or approval. of about $10,000, Nash said, but Schweiz turned it down. |
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