Gardyjan v. Tatone

This is an action for personal injuries which plaintiff alleges were incurred as a result of eating unwholesome food at defendants’ restaurant. Defendants appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff.

Plaintiff is a truck driver who was hauling heavy equipment from South Carolina to Seattle. On April 7,1972, at approximately 8:30 a.m. plaintiff and his co-driver stopped for breakfast at defendants’ restaurant in Boardman.. Their last previous stop had been in Wyoming the night before where plaintiff had a chicken salad sandwich and a glass of milk. At defendants’…