New York inmates scored a huge win after eating carrot cake that left the ill.
New York Daily News reports that the Brooklyn House of Detention will pay 16 inmates a settlement of $232,000 after becoming ill from carrot cake they were served during a 2015 Thanksgiving dinner.
Sixteen inmates settled a federal lawsuit with the de Blasio administration after they complained food they were served on Thanksgiving in 2015 was filled with rat poison and made them seriously sick.
At least three of the detainees inside the Brooklyn House of Detention took so ill they passed out and were sent to a local hospital, the court papers allege.
Four more inmates were also hospitalized, and underwent CT scans and had their stomachs pumped, said the inmates’ lawyer, Greg Zenon.
Three inmates who lost consciousness, $26,000 apiece, seven received $16,000 each, three got $10,000 each, with the rest receiving settlements of $1,500, $750 and $500. The inmates originally asked for $1M.
The City did not admit guilt.