MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — A Maricopa County woman is suing DoorDash after she allegedly consumed food that had been contaminated by bodily fluids, court records show.
A lawsuit filed on Oct. 11 in Arizona accuses the food-delivery company of negligence after it allegedly failed to notify a customer of contaminated food before she ate it on Jan. 17, 2022.
According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff placed an order at a local Filiberto's restaurant. After the DoorDash driver picked up the order, a Filiberto's employee claimed to have witnessed the driver park their car and masturbate onto the food order.
The employee allegedly tried confronting the driver before they drove off, the lawsuit states. The employee then notified DoorDash to report the incident.
It allegedly took DoorDash about 40 minutes to respond. And by the time they did, it was too late and the plaintiff had already eaten the food.
As a result of the event, the plaintiff claims to have suffered "physical, emotional, and psychological injuries."
DoorDash says it prohibits food tampering of any kind and its drivers must agree to follow policies barring such behavior.
A spokesperson for DoorDash said the driver involved in the 2022 incident has been removed from its platform.
"We are sickened and disgusted by reports of this horrible incident. If true, what the perpetrator did was vile, abhorrent and inexcusable," the DoorDash spokesperson said. "From the moment we first received the report, we’ve taken it extremely seriously. We are closely reviewing the lawsuit and cooperating fully with law enforcement."
The lawsuit does not specify an amount in damages sought by the plaintiff. The driver allegedly involved in the incident is also listed as a defendant in the case.
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