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Woman Sues American Airlines Over Alleged Lizard in Meal
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John Del Signore
Published Oct 18, 2010
Modified Oct 18, 2010
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Published Oct 18, 2010
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Seven years ago Monserrate Luna, 49, says she was eating her in-flight meal of chicken and vegetables on an American Airlines flight out of JFK when she unintentionally consumed "a chunk of lizard" that was mixed in with her food. Some people would call that a "bonus," but in January of this year Luna filed a lawsuit against the airline and its food supplier, LSG Sky Chefs. So why are we hearing about this now?
It's unclear why it took so long for Luna's story to make the tabloids, but today the Post reports that she suffered a rash, bloating and diarrhea after eating the in-flight meal. Of course, that seems like a pretty standard reaction to airline food, so she better have some better evidence than that if she wants to win her $15 million lawsuit, hey-o. The Post's article is a scant 59 words long, and at press time that's about all we know. Nevertheless we are contractually obligated to blog about these motherfu*king lizards on a motherfu*king plane.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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