Lawyers spar in $100M lawsuit over 'halal' pizza
Little Caesars claimed Friday that a Muslim man suing the company for $100 million after he allegedly ate pizza containing pork pepperoni, despite ordering halal, got what he asked for.
“He had ordered a halal pizza, came into the store, canceled that order and asked for a Hot and Ready instead,” said attorney J. Michael Huget, who represents Little Caesars. “That’s what he ordered.”
Huget said the company’s investigation into the May 24 incident concluded that Mohamad Bazzi, a 32-year-old Dearborn man, looked at his pizza at the restaurant and then changed his order to a Hot and Ready pizza, which contains pork pepperoni.
A conversation with a store employee, which Bazzi secretly recorded as he later confronted the worker, supports the company’s stance, Huget said.
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