A family from Great Britain came to Rome last Thursday. The visit plans included the most important points of the Eternal City: Colosseum i Vatican Museums. However, before the tourists started sightseeing, they decided to eat lunch. They chose one of the local pizzerias in the district Gianicolense.
Rome. She died after dinner in a restaurant
After returning to the hotel, fifteen minutes after finishing the meal, the teenager suffered anaphylactic shock. She was immediately taken to hospital St. Camillus. Unfortunately, her life could not be saved. According to Italian media, everything indicates that the dessert contained dried fruit allergensto which the teenager was allergic.
Upon learning of the death, the girl's father suffered a severe shock and had to be hospitalized.
It is not known whether the restaurant was notified about the 14-year-old's allergy before serving the meal. Italian services are investigating the case of unintentional manslaughter. Appropriate tests will show whether they are present in the dishes served at the pizzeria trace amounts of peanuts.
High compensation for the boy's family. He died after eating pasta
If, after the investigation is completed, the court decides to charge the restaurant employees, it will not be the first such case in our country Italy in the last decade. “The Guardian” recalls history Camerona Wahida from the UK who died eight years ago after eating pasta while on holiday at the coast Amalfi. The dish was soaked in milk, and the boy was severely allergic to dairy products.
The family filed a lawsuit against the restaurant. She sat on the defendant's bench waitress and chef. While the man was cleared of the charges, the employee who served the dish to the boy was found guilty by a court in… Salerno guilty of unintentional manslaughter. She received a two-year suspended prison sentence.
In addition, the family of the deceased received compensation in the amount of 288,000 pounds.
Source: “The Guardian”
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