ILLINOIS: Man gets nearly 10-foot tapeworm from seafood restaurant: suit - (Chicago Sun-Times)
August 19, 2008 – 8:35 pmA tapeworm almost 10-feet long passed through a man after he ate at a high-end seafood restaurant in the Loop, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
Anthony Franz is suing the parent company of Shaws Crab House for causing him to become violently ill after eating undercooked salmon at the River North restaurant.
The suit, filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court, claims Franz ate periodically at Shaws at 21 E. Hubbard St. between May and August 2006.
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