Super Bowl party food poisoning prompts homeowners insurance question
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Chips, dips, wings, beer and a homeowners policy: These are on the list of Super Bowl Party must-haves, according to a syndicated newspaper columnist.
An advice-seeker lamented this Super Bowl party tale of woe OK in David W. Myers’ Friday business advice column, syndicated by Cowles Syndicate Inc.:
“My brother brought along some strange dude that he knows from his job, and now the weirdo has sent us a bill for nearly $2,400 because he claims that he had to spend two days in the hospital for food poisoning that he said was caused by the food that we served. Do we have to pay this bill, even though my wife and I did not invite the guy? If so, will our homeowners’ insurance policy cover his expenses?”
Myers’s answer was yes and yes — otherwise, prepare for small claims court.
“The fact that you didn’t personally invite him to your Super Bowl shindig is irrelevant, because you voluntarily let him in through the door and then, apparently, didn’t insist that he leave,” Mr. Myers wrote in his column.
