{"id":85617,"date":"2025-12-12T15:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/85617\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:04:17","slug":"can-you-sue-for-holiday-food-poisoning-legal-expert-weighs-in-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/85617\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you sue for holiday food poisoning? Legal expert weighs in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El Paso, TX (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 In this week&#8217;s &#8220;Legal Jargon&#8221; segment, attorney Daniela Labinoti addressed a common holiday concern: food poisoning from holiday meals. <\/p>\n<p>Labinoti confirmed that individuals can file a negligence or product liability claim against the company, restaurant, distributor, or manufacturer responsible for the contaminated food. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Absolutely, you can file a lawsuit,&#8221; she said, emphasizing the need for medical documentation linking the illness to the food consumed. <\/p>\n<p>Labinoti explained that proof of purchase and medical evidence are crucial for a successful claim. <\/p>\n<p>She noted, &#8220;You have to show causation, meaning that you prove that it was as a result of what you ate.&#8221; Compensation can cover hospital bills, lost wages, and other damages. Nadia clarified, &#8220;It&#8217;s about compensation for harm. It&#8217;s not about being paid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><p>Attorney Daniela Labinoti weighs in on food poisoning lawsuits with Arc Anchor Christian Andrade. (KFOX14\/CBS4)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/newsletter-daily\/legal-jargon-jury-duty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Legal Jargon: Legal advice and insurance tips from attorney<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/newsletter-daily\/legal-jargon-jury-duty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Legal Jargon: El Paso Attorney talks all things Jury Duty<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"El Paso, TX (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 In this week&#8217;s &#8220;Legal Jargon&#8221; segment, attorney Daniela Labinoti addressed a common holiday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-85617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}