A friend of mine went into a local Calgary restaurant over lunch hour and ordered the lamb burger. It only listed that lettuce, cheese etc was on it (regular burger stuff).
He took a bite and lips starting to tingle and he only gets this with his peanut allergy. He asked the waitress if there is any peanuts on the burger and she told him there shouldn't be but she will go ask the chef. Chef comes back and says they put cashews in the burgers and he asked why its not listed as having it.
He ended up having to go to the hospital and get treated to prevent an anaphylactic shock.
Is there any legal recourse to this? Someone who had an instant anaphylactic attack could have died in this situation. He called the restaurant after he was realised from the hospital and spoke to a manager and he was very sorry and even aware that they put cashews in their burgers but dont list it as being in there. He told him to come see him next week to have a discussion.
Thoughts?