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Is Eating 538 Pounds Of Tuna In 33 Months Abnormal?

Is Eating 538 Pounds Of Tuna In 33 Months Abnormal?

We like the Bumble Bee Tuna song as much as the next guy, just not this next guy. Because Lee Porrazzo of White Plains? He really loves his tuna. Thinking it was the "cleanest source of protein" around he ate it nearly every day, reportedly consuming 538 pounds of the stuff in 33 months. Naturally, having never heard of Jeremey Piven, he proceeded to get mercury poisoning and is suing the canning company. But the Bee is stinging back, arguing it isn't their fault when their product is "abnormally overconsumed." more ›

Man Sues BumbleBee Tuna, Grocery For Mercury Poisoning

Man Sues BumbleBee Tuna, Grocery For Mercury Poisoning

It's an American tale that never gets old: man makes bad decision. Man suffers consequences of said decision. Man sues. In this latest telling, a 48-year-old BMW salesman from Westchester is suing Bumblebee tuna and his local Stop & Shop for his 10 can a week tuna habit, saying it left him with mercury poisoning. "There was tuna in my diet every day, just about," Lee Porrazzo told the Post. "I thought it was the cleanest source of protein." Hopefully he wasn't planning on doing theater any time soon. more ›

Ex-Cop Sues Bumble Bee Tuna for $100K After Choking on Bone

Ex-Cop Sues Bumble Bee Tuna for $100K After Choking on Bone

A retired NYPD lieutenant is suing Bumble Tuna and Costco after choking on a bone that turned up in his tuna fish sandwich two years ago. In May 2007, Bob McKenna was eating lunch at home on Staten Island when an inch-and-a-quarter-long curved fishbone that was mixed into the tuna got lodged in his throat. He tells the Daily News, "I was choking on that bone for more than a minute. It felt like forever." After "nearly blacking out," McKenna managed to cough it up, but that was only the beginning of what court papers describe as "permanent and emotional pain and suffering." more ›

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