I stopped and bought a six pack of 16oz. aluminum bottles of Budweiser on my way home. When I got home I put them in the fridge, and proceeded to drink a couple, I was pouring them into a mug to drink them. When I got to my third, I poured half into the mug and drank some of that before I tried to pour the rest in, and when I did something blocked it from coming out, and when I looked in the bottle I could see a foreign object, so I went to the sink shook it and..... OUT CAME A DED MOUSE!!!! So now what do I do? I called the company and told them about it, they took the information on the bottle, and are sending me something to send the bottle and mouse back to them. They asked if I minded if they sent me some coupons for 5 free 12 pack of Bud. I said I didn't and now I am waiting for that to come, and thought I would get some advise about the situation to make sure I am not messing with any legal issues that may arise? Like if I get sick from drinking from the mouse's bottle?
Foreign substances in food cases are difficult to pursue and win. Insurance companies are highly suspicious of these claims because more often than not, people make fraudulent claims in an attempt to collect money from the insurance company. Certainly in your case, a dead mouse in a beer bottle is disgusting and enough to make anyone sick over. You don't really state whether you actually got sick over it, vomited, had to go to the hospital or have any other symptoms at this point. Therefore, without any sustainable damages, the case has little or not value to it from a legal perspective. The best you can do is document it for the company and get some free coupons (like you have stated) for some additional beer in the future. I am sure Budweiser doesn't want the publicity of your having found a dead mouse in one of their products. If you decide to pursue the case legally in any way, the statute of limitations in WI is three years to sue for injury from the date of the occurence, or your claim would be forever barred.
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