NYC Chipotle customer allegedly bit into a rodent inside burrito bowl ordered through DoorDash: lawsuit
The burrito bowl came with an extra side of squeak.A woman “bit into a rodent” that was inside a burrito bowl she ordered from Chipotle Mexican Grill on the Upper East Side, the horrified customer alleged in a new lawsuit.Gia Bernhardt, 24, ordered a burrito bowl and a side of chips and guacamole from the Chipotle between East 84th and East 85th Street and Third Avenue on Jan.11 through the DoorDash app, according to a civil complaint obtained by The Post.When she went to chow down on her order, Bernhardt allegedly “bit into a rodent contained within the meal she was consuming,” the lawsuit filed on Monday in New York County Supreme Court said.
“[T]he rodent was within the plaintiff’s mouth after biting into the meal,” the complaint added.The gnarly incident caused Bernhardt to “suffer severe bodily injuries,” pain, shock, and mental anguish, court documents alleged.The popular fast food chain “knew or should have known that its product was dangerous to member(s) of the general public,” the lawsuit argued.
DoorDash and an unnamed deliveryman were also named as co-defendants — with the lawsuit arguing the deliveryman employed through the popular app “improperly and negligently delivered the product in an unsafe and unsanitary manner.”The exact injuries Bernhardt suffered after biting into the rogue rodent, or the type of rodent allegedly in the meal, is not immediately clear.The lawsuit seeks a money judgment and undefined compensatory and punitive damages for the unlucky customer.Chipotle, DoorDash, and Bernhardt’s attorney, Steven Vaccaro, did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
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