Since we are talking about frugality,  the wife of a Dallas Cowboys
coach, "shares" a salad with their nanny.. How could  they not.. after
all, only then can you be a part of the million $ lawsuit!

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Suit: Dead rat found in salad

Southlake: Cowboys coach, wife, nanny sue McDonald's for $1.7 mil

09:49 PM CDT on Thursday, October 26, 2006

By DEBRA DENNIS / The Dallas Morning News

A Dallas Cowboys coach, his wife and the family's nanny have sued a
McDonald's owner, alleging they found a dead rat in a salad purchased
at a Southlake restaurant.

MICHAEL AINSWORTH / DMN
The lawsuit by Cowboys passing-game coordinator Todd Haley (left),
shown earlier this season with players Drew Bledsoe and Terrell Owens,
alleges his wife and family baby sitter found a rat in their McDonald's
salad. The lawsuit, which seeks $1.7 million in damages, was filed
Thursday in state district court on behalf of Cowboys passing-game
coordinator Todd Haley, his wife, Christine Haley, and the family's
live-in baby sitter, Kathryn Kelley.

"We tried to work this out," said Scott Casterline, a spokesman for the
Haley family.

"We were forced to file a lawsuit. It's a tragic situation for any
family to go through.

"Something has to be done to prevent this from ever happening again and
to help these ladies to get over this."

Ken Lobato, owner-operator of the McDonald's, said he hadn't seen the
litigation so he couldn't respond to the allegation.

"Nothing is more important to us than the safety and well-being of our
customers," he said. "We maintain the strictest quality standards. We
take these matters seriously and are conducting a full investigation to
get all the facts.

"In my years as an owner-operator, I've never seen anything like this,"
Mr. Lobato said.

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See a copy of the lawsuit (.pdf)
According to the lawsuit, Mrs. Haley and Ms. Kelley purchased a salad
on June 5 at the drive-through of the McDonald's at 2155 W. Southlake
Blvd.

They took the salad home, where both women ate part of it before a dead
rodent - thought to be a juvenile roof rat - was uncovered.

The women called the Southlake McDonald's, and a manager came to the
house to examine the salad.

The manager asked to take the salad and rat, but the women declined,
the lawsuit says.

The women became severely ill and endured long-lasting physical
injuries, the lawsuit says. Mrs. Haley, who was nursing, had to feed
her baby formula.

"She got violently ill; she couldn't perform her duties as a mother,"
Mr. Casterline said of Mrs. Haley.

Both women say they suffered severe mental and physical pain and that
their dining habits have been altered, the lawsuit says