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Diner wins damages after needle in hamburger incident
Cape Times
|June 09, 2025
A DINER at the Stellenbosch-based Beyerskloof Wine Bar, who said that she had ingested a needle-like object which she claimed was in her hamburger, has won her damages claim against the establishment.
The Western Cape High Court found the restaurant's breach of care was linked to the diner's harm.
Maxine Williams blamed the wine bar for ingesting the foreign object and claimed more than R750 000 in damages against the establishment.
The restaurant had disputed that it was the cause of any danger. The object that was allegedly ingested by the plaintiff did not come from consumables sold and/or prepared by them, they said.
This story is from the June 09, 2025 edition of Cape Times.
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