"A fruit company and a major grocer are offering $150,000 to a man who says he lost consciousness after being hit with a lid that exploded off a jar of fruit."
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Del Monte Foods and Kroger Co. say there’s no credible evidence that the jar was unsafe. But they’ve failed to persuade a federal judge in Detroit to dismiss a lawsuit by Darryl Alexander of Southfield.
Alexander says a stubborn lid flew through the air and struck him in the eye after he hit it with the handle of a screwdriver in 2008. He says he fell to the floor and lost consciousness.
Really? You hit the fruit jar with a screwdriver. Sounds like a brilliant idea, what’s the worst that could happen? Why not just dynamite it open?
