Canada's top court has unanimously dismissed the case of a man suing a company for psychological damages he says he suffered after finding a dead fly in his water bottle.
The Supreme Court of Canada was examining whether Culligan of Canada Ltd., a company that supplies big blue water bottles used in home dispensers, had a duty of care to Waddah (Martin) Mustapha and his family, and whether the psychiatric harm Mustapha suffered was foreseeable.
Mustapha has maintained that the discovery of a fly in the large water bottle triggered depression, phobia and anxiety that affected his work and even his sex life.
In a 9-0 ruling issued Thursday, the Supreme Court decided that his reaction was exaggerated and that a "person of normal fortitude, a more reasonable person, would have had a more reasonable reaction," the CBC's Rosemary Barton reported from Ottawa.
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The Supreme Court of Canada was examining whether Culligan of Canada Ltd., a company that supplies big blue water bottles used in home dispensers, had a duty of care to Waddah (Martin) Mustapha and his family, and whether the psychiatric harm Mustapha suffered was foreseeable.
Mustapha has maintained that the discovery of a fly in the large water bottle triggered depression, phobia and anxiety that affected his work and even his sex life.
In a 9-0 ruling issued Thursday, the Supreme Court decided that his reaction was exaggerated and that a "person of normal fortitude, a more reasonable person, would have had a more reasonable reaction," the CBC's Rosemary Barton reported from Ottawa.
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