Mom Sues After 5-Year-Old Allegedly Served Long Island Iced Tea
POSTED: Sunday, January 8, 2006
UPDATED: 12:09 pm EST January 9,
2006
A mother in New York is suing an Applebee's restaurant after her 5-year-old son was allegedly served a Long Island Iced Tea instead of apple juice.
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Cynthia Pereles said she took her son Seth to dinner at the franchised restaurant in Battery Park City and ordered him an apple juice.Pereles said she did not realize her son was drinking a concoction of white rum, gin, vodka, triple sec, Coke and sweet-and-sour mix until it was too late. The boy's eyes became glazed and he began to laugh uncontrollably, according to a report.
"When you're looking at your 5-year-old and you're asking him, quiet down Seth, sit still and you see that mentally and physically he cannot comply with what you're asking him to do because he is under the influence," Pereles said.The boy was taken to the hospital and doctors found alcohol in the child's blood.Pereles said the restaurant admitted the mistake but she is still suing for $75,000.A manager at the restaurant declined comment.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
IMAGES: More strange stories, images in 2006 IMAGES: Strangest Of 2005 MOST POPULAR: Elmo Book Asks 'Who Wants To Die?' Cynthia Pereles said she took her son Seth to dinner at the franchised restaurant in Battery Park City and ordered him an apple juice.Pereles said she did not realize her son was drinking a concoction of white rum, gin, vodka, triple sec, Coke and sweet-and-sour mix until it was too late. The boy's eyes became glazed and he began to laugh uncontrollably, according to a report.
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