Man Gets $150K for Injuries from 'Exploding' Jar Lid
11-18-2010, 10:56 AM
DETROIT - A grocer and a fruit company have offered a $150,000 settlement to a man who says he was knocked unconscious when a lid exploded off a jar of fruit and hit him in the face.
Del Monte Foods of San Francisco and Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. insist there's no credible evidence the jar was unsafe. They made the offer Tuesday after a judge refused to dismiss the lawsuit by Darryl Alexander of Southfield, Mich.
Alexander's lawyer, Mark Miller, says the offer is too low because Alexander has permanent eye damage.
Alexander says the stubborn lid flew through the air and struck him in the eye after he hit it with the handle of a screwdriver in April 2008. He said he first placed the jar of Orchard Select mixed fruit under warm water.
Del Monte Foods of San Francisco and Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. insist there's no credible evidence the jar was unsafe. They made the offer Tuesday after a judge refused to dismiss the lawsuit by Darryl Alexander of Southfield, Mich.
Alexander's lawyer, Mark Miller, says the offer is too low because Alexander has permanent eye damage.
Alexander says the stubborn lid flew through the air and struck him in the eye after he hit it with the handle of a screwdriver in April 2008. He said he first placed the jar of Orchard Select mixed fruit under warm water.
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