Is a fly in your drink worth $341,000?

by Barry Artiste | May 22, 2008 at 09:52 am | 346 views | 4 comments

Two SuperFly's One Black, one not so Black!

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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Whoa, Kaching, Lottery Time, 300K for a fly? Either the Guys scammin or our Justice system just got a whole lot more generous in lawsuits.

I know two Canadian guys Bob and Doug who found a mouse in their beer and all they got was a free case of beer !

So I went through my fridge looking for something, actually anything, in order to sue! I found a jar of pickles with a little onion in it, I am thinking retirement!! Now to find me a lawyer !!!

Canada’s highest court is to rule Thursday on whether a man who found a fly in his bottle of water should be compensated for anxiety and depression.

Martin Mustapha of Windsor, said he was forever altered by finding the insect, despite the fact he didn’t drink from the bottle.

He said he developed a phobia about flies, cannot sleep, is irritable and his sex life has suffered.

He sued the water-bottling company and was awarded $341,000 in 2005.

But the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned that decision, and ordered Mustapha to pay the company’s legal costs.

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jordan

at 10:22 on May 22nd, 2008

good stuff:

Good, so I'm not the only one who thought of Strange Brew. I can only think of one type of fly that should command that kind of payout...

Barry Artiste

at 10:43 on May 22nd, 2008

Thanks Jordan, yeah that kind of Fly would scare the beejeezus out of anyone, of course you forgot "SuperFLY"

BTW, how do you do that "one type of fly" link? Cool!

JD Rucker

at 12:10 on May 22nd, 2008

good stuff:

Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Barry Artiste

at 13:07 on May 22nd, 2008

Thanks JD, some will get traumatized regardless what is in their water, even though we all know fish fornicate in it, we still drink it. Oops, perhaps I have said too much?

Again thanks for the visit

May 22, 2008 at 09:52 am by Barry Artiste, 346 views, 4 comments