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Family Files Lawsuit After 50+ Middle Schoolers Served Pretzels Coated with Oven Cleaner at Lunch
The complaint seeks up to $950,220.85 and alleges negligence, civil rights violations and delayed warnings after more than 50 students ate the tainted pretzels.
- An Oregon family filed a $1 million lawsuit against Fowler Middle School after staff allegedly served more than 50 students pretzels coated with crushed oven cleaner on October 20, 2025.
- Lead cook Joyce A. Webb reportedly mistook crushed Alto-Shaam oven cleaner for salt while preparing sixth-grade lunch, an incident the district described as "human error."
- The lawsuit alleges staff "sequestered" student L.L. for around an hour without notifying parents, while Poison Control was contacted only 27 minutes after realizing the error.
- Tigard Police reviewed the case last year but filed no criminal charges, while the Tigard-Tualatin School District and Principal Cindy Pellicci have not yet filed a substantive answer to the lawsuit.
- The family seeks damages for negligence and civil rights violations, citing "ongoing psychological impacts," though legal experts note that proving claims like "shocks the conscience" remains difficult.
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A family filed a lawsuit against a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon after more than 50 elementary school students ate pretzels contaminated with an oven cleaning product. The lawsuit, presented in September, seeks compensation of up to $950.220.85 (about R$4.7 million) and charges the institution with negligence, among other violations.
·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Tigard-Taulatin schools facing $1M lawsuit for allegedly serving students poisoned pretzels
Almost a year after Tigard-Taulatin School District staff allegedly accidentally served students pretzels dusted with chemical cleaner instead of salt, the parents of one sickened child are suing for nearly $1 million.
·Portland, United States
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