…undercutting plausibility of claim that it got into the soup by mistake. The “incident caused Cracker Barrel to stop serving vegetable soup at all of its 497 stores nationwide. … [A spokeswoman for the company] said the Pattersons had demanded $500,000 from the company” but now they’ve been arrested instead. (Peter Dujardin, “Tests reveal mouse-in-soup hoax; pair charged”, Newport News (Va.) Daily Press, Jun. 2)(via Legal Reader). See also Jan. 25-27, 2002.
Autopsy finds mouse died of skull fracture
…undercutting plausibility of claim that it got into the soup by mistake. The “incident caused Cracker Barrel to stop serving vegetable soup at all of its 497 stores nationwide. … [A spokeswoman for the company] said the Pattersons had demanded $500,000 from the company” but now they’ve been arrested instead. (Peter Dujardin, “Tests reveal mouse-in-soup […]
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The Woman Who Cried Wolf Mouse
Courtesy of Overlawyered, we find out that some schemers have been caught.
A woman who said she found a mouse in her soup at a Cracker Barrel restaurant last month made up the hoax, the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.
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