When sitting down at your favorite fast food restaurant, the last thing you should expect is finding a foreign object in your favorite burger or burrito. However, as disturbing as it sounds, these things happen, and when they do you as a victim of this incident can sue the restaurant for any damages you have may have sustained. With the help of an attorney experienced in suing restaurants, you could receive significant monetary compensation. At Downtown LA Law Firm our experienced Los Angeles lawyers can guide you through the process of not only determining the value of your foreign object in food lawsuit against a restaurant but help you get all the compensation you deserve. If you have any questions after reading this article, please feel free to contact our law offices for a free consultation by one of our skilled associates.

Objetos extraños en los alimentos

Finding a foreign object in your food can be incredibly traumatizing. A foreign object can be anything that a consumer should not reasonably expect to be found during consumption. This can be things like, rocks, glass, nails, rat feces, and other harmful objects that may wind up in your food. An ingredient that was not listed on the food and the consumer did not expect to can be considered a foreign object as well. However, some courts have rejected cases wherein the plaintiff was suing for objects that can reasonably be found in food, like fish bones in the soup, or cherry pits in cherries. Restaurants are expected to follow all state, county, and municipal health regulations. When restaurants violate said regulations, like having foreign objects in their food, authorities can fine the restaurant or shut them down temporarily or permanently. Restaurants that serve the public are expected to do everything they can to make sure their customers do not get injured while dining at their restaurant. Some common injuries from consuming a foreign object in your food include:

• Cortes en la boca y la garganta
• Dientes dañados
• Enfermedad por ingestión
• Reacción alérgica adversa a ingredientes que no deberían estar en el alimento
• Laceraciones por objetos punzantes encontrados en la comida que no se esperaban antes.

Independientemente de los daños que haya sufrido, si ha consumido un objeto extraño durante una comida preparada en un restaurante, tiene todo el derecho a emprender acciones legales y solicitar una indemnización considerable por cualquiera de los daños sufridos.

Usted y su caso

Típicamente cuando los clientes vienen a nuestro bufete preguntando por el valor de su caso, sospechamos que ya tienen un abogado con el que no están satisfechos actualmente. Independientemente de esto, tratamos a estos clientes como a cualquier otro y estamos más que dispuestos a satisfacer cualquiera de las necesidades legales que puedan tener. Algunas de las preguntas comunes que estos clientes hacen son:

• "¿Cuánto vale un objeto extraño en un juicio por alimentos?".
• "¿Cuánto vale un objeto extraño en una caja de comida?"
• "¿Qué valor tiene mi caso si he encontrado algo en mi comida?".

To answer these questions and questions like them, we typically require a thorough examination of a clients particular case. This is because it can be incredibly challenging to generalize an average settlement value of a foreign object in food case. The value of any one particular case depends on some factors that make up said case. For instance, a case that involves someone suffering throat lacerations from a nail found in a cheeseburger is going to receive more compensation than someone who found a fish bone in their food. This lack of approximation also applies to case averages as there is no telling whether the average will apply to your particular case. That is not to say that finding the case value, or average settlement value is impossible. The appropriate way to find out a rough estimate is to calculate the compensable damages that make up your case. These compensable damages fit into three separate categories: economic damages, noneconomic damages, and punitive damages. Economic damages usually make up the majority of a cases’ worth as they are formed by the combination of specific monetary damages that have a discernable monetary amount. Some of these common economic damages are listed as follows:

• Gastos médicos pasados y futuros: Son los gastos que una víctima debe soportar por la hospitalización de la lesión inicial y cualquier tratamiento posterior que necesite en el futuro a causa de esta lesión. Estos gastos suelen constituir una parte significativa del valor de un acuerdo.
• Pérdida de ingresos: Estos daños compensatorios pretenden reembolsar a la víctima los salarios perdidos por las lesiones. Esta cantidad puede determinarse mediante un examen exhaustivo del historial salarial de la víctima y a menudo incluye el tiempo de enfermedad y vacaciones.
• Pérdida de ingresos potenciales: A veces las lesiones pueden ser tan graves que la víctima puede perder la capacidad de rendir al mismo nivel que tenía antes de sus lesiones. Para determinar esta cantidad, se utiliza una fórmula complicada que implica el examen de los ingresos proyectados de la víctima y el impacto que los daños pueden haber tenido en la capacidad de la víctima para encontrar y realizar un trabajo en el futuro.

Noneconomic damages are, in most cases, difficult to place a specific monetary amount on as they do not have any specific value. However, appropriate way to determine the level of noneconomic damages in your case is to consult with a legal representative experienced in the field applying to your case. Some common forms of noneconomic damages include:

• Dolor y sufrimiento: Estos daños se indemnizan a la víctima en función del dolor y el sufrimiento que haya padecido por sus lesiones. Esta cuantía suele calcularse mediante un multiplicador del dolor que hace que la víctima identifique su nivel de dolor en una escala del uno al diez.
• Angustia emocional: Esta forma de indemnización se ofrece a las víctimas que han sufrido algún trauma emocional a causa de las lesiones. La cuantía indemnizable de la angustia emocional suele variar de un estado a otro.
• Pérdida de consorcio: La pérdida de consorcio suele añadirse al valor de su caso cuando las lesiones son tan graves que los seres queridos de la víctima se ven privados de una relación afectiva normal y de compañía

Lastly, punitive damages can be added to the value of your case to punish the defendant for their prior actions and to deter them from engaging in similar actions in the future. In most cases, seeking punitive damages can be somewhat challenging, and a lesser attorney will often settle a case without seeking these damages for this exact reason. However, at Downtown LA Law Firm we make sure that all of our clients receive all of the resources necessary to pursue all of the damages that they demand; punitive damages included.

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Having a skilled attorney on your side can make the difference between filing a successful claim for compensation and having your lawsuit dismissed from court entirely. At Downtown LA Law Firm our experienced personal injury attorneys are committed to making sure our clients receive all the resources necessary to pursue a successful suit. Our attorneys practice in San Diego, Orange County, Riverside, Bakersfield, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento and throughout the state of California.

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Some attorneys are lazy and will sign you up to their firm but will disappear once your name is on the paper as they are busy signing up more cases. In these instances, their business is based more on volume and will attempt to sign up as many cases as possible. In turn, they will spend less time on cases resulting in severely reduced settlements. Our firm will not treat you like a number. We will be in communication with you throughout our lawsuit and will treat you like family. So if you already have an attorney don’t worry, we’ll give you a second review of your case free of charge.

Contingency Fee Arrangement – No Upfront Fees Ever

If you contact our law offices today, we can walk you through the complicated process of filing your claim completely free of charge. As a show this commitment to you and your case we offer our clients the benefits of a contingency fee arrangement policy. Under our contingency fee arrangement, all clients don’t pay for our services until their case is won. If you feel in need of a second opinion, second opinion case reviews are also free under this policy. Please, feel free to give us a call, and we can guide you down the path of receiving proper compensation for your damages.