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| ScuL |
LOVEJOY, Ga. -- An Atlanta man died last week after eating seafood at a restaurant in Lovejoy.
According to his family, Rodney Hawkins, 35, passed out, stopped breathing and then died after having an allergic reaction while eating what he thought was crab meat at a Ruby Tuesday restaurant on Tara Boulevard. The family said the restaurant served him the wrong dish off the menu.
“We just don't understand. It's hard to understand. It wasn't a car accident, he didn't have cancer. It was a meal, a mix-up with a meal,” said sister Yolanda Davis.
Davis said her brother ordered the chicken fresco dish. But instead, she said, he received a seafood dish. She said Hawkins would never order seafood since he's allergic to it, and seafood could kill him.
“I just think that when you go and order anything, you should get what you order,” said sister Jonlynn Hawkins.
“For me, it was like my heart stopped itself. I couldn't focus, I couldn't concentrate. I sat in one spot for hours and said, ‘I don't know what to do,’” said sister Harriett Hawkins.
Officials at Ruby Tuesday insist they did not get the order wrong.
"Our investigation of this incident clearly indicates that the guest ordered Chicken Oscar, a dish that contains crab meat. The server's order pad and the ticket to the kitchen also verify the accuracy of the order," the restaurant said in a statement.
Hawkins’ family said he was a rising musician and the youngest of nine children.
“We had just spoken with him. He would text us every day to give us a cheering message,” Harriett said.
“Rodney was a very funny, happy-go-lucky, loving, kind, caring person,” said Davis.
The family told CBS 46 Tuesday that they plan to bury their brother before considering legal action.
http://www.cbs46.com/news/16823261/...s=lnta&psp=news
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| chach |
| where was his epi-pen? ing idiot :rolleyes: |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by chach
where was his epi-pen? ing idiot :rolleyes: |
LoL, harsh. |
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| Palladium |
| as a former ruby tuesday employee, i lol'd very hard at this |
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| chach |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
LoL, harsh. |
It's true though that could happen anywhere anyone I knew that was allergic to anything would constantly carry it. I remember my friend having to stick it in his thigh cause he was allergic to peanuts and ate a cookie he thought was fine at school. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| No I agree...that's why I lol'ed. |
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| punjabi |
| LOL What a bunch of retards. The dish obviously has crab meat in it. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| where was the interesting? |
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| Scottaculous |
| Even if Ruby Tuesdays screwed up, it is up to the man with the deathly allergic reaction to inspect everything he eats. To do otherwise would... well, we see happened. |
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| ScuL |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
where was the interesting? |
u live in tasmania, u have no right of say :p |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
haha, i didnt actually realise you wrote "interesting" at the end there, ha.
| quote: | Originally posted by ScuL
u live in tasmania, u have no right of say :p |
points for getting your geography right though :) |
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| Ygrene |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
where was the interesting? |
What the story doesn't tell you is that the suspect crab meat is suing Ruby Tuesday's for serving it alongside chicken. |
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