Top court to rule on fly-in-water case
Canada’s top court is expected to rule Thursday on the case of a man suing a company for psychological damages he says he suffered after finding a dead fly in his water bottle.
The Supreme Court of Canada will rule Thursday on whether Waddah Mustapha is entitled to compensation after finding a fly in his water bottle. (CBC)
The Supreme Court of Canada is examining whether Culligan, a company that supplies big blue water bottles used in home dispensers, had a duty of care to Waddah (Martin) Mustapha and his family, and whether the psychiatric harm Mustapha suffered was foreseeable.
Mustapha has maintained that the discovery of a fly in the large water bottle triggered depression, phobia and anxiety that affected his work and even his sex life.
He said he had trouble drinking coffee because it contained water and became anxious about getting in the shower. He said he couldn’t get rid of the revolting image of dirty flies in his supposedly pure water… . ..
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Guy sounds like a whiner to me. Maybe a bit more involved in this case.