
QUESTION: While eating a fish taco at a local restaurant, I bit into a rusty screw in that taco. It crushed a crown on an upper tooth that now has to be removed and replaced. I have been in discomfort and my dentist feels there is possibility of future infection due to potential damage to the tooth’s root. Should I pursue legal action? ANSWER: Providers of contaminated or “adulterated” food may be liable on product liability and breach of warranty theories if the injury-causing substance is foreign to the food.