Question

Catherine decided to have lunch at tom's, one of the most popular restaurants in town. she ordered soup before her main course as usual. the soup served to catherine contained a maggot floating about in it. fortunately, she noticed this before she had it. she sued tom's for negligence. the most likely result will be:

Answer 1

Catherine will lose the case since she did not sustain any damages. However, there is a slim (and very unlikely) chance that Tom's will might agree to settle if Catherine claims damages in terms of emotional trauma.