This brave lady took 3 years to bring a big industry player to book.Salute and congratulations.
The following article is taken from todays The Sun newspaper
Shah Alam :
A lecturer who threw up after finding a cockroach leg in her plate of spaghetti was awarded RM55,000 by a Sessions Court yesterday.
Sessions judge Syafeera Mohd Said awarded RM5,000 in general damages for pain and suffering to Goh Sze Ching 28,and RM50,000 in exemplary damages.
Speaking to The Sun after the decision was handed down Goh's lawyer N.Ganesarajah said her client threw up on the table upon finding the cockroach leg in her spaghetti bolognese on September 26,2007
Subsequently when she showed the leg to the waiter the plate was taken back and never returned to her,he said.
In all six witnesses including Goh her dining companion and a doctor who treated her for food poisoning testified during the trial in April and August.
The Pizza Hut,Subang Parade,store manager,assistant manager and the area manager testified during the trial.Ganesarajah said the company had during the trial denied that the item Goh found was a cockroach leg.
In its defence Pizza Hut alleged that it was a dried onion,he said
Howver under cross examination the area manager Carol Ching Fee Yin admitted that there were three outlets with a cockroach problem.
She added that she would not patronise a restaurant with a cockroach problem said Ganesarajah.
This is the first award against a restaurant for exemplary damages.The court is sending a very clear message that cleanliness and hygiene should not be compromised on,he said
