Personal Injury & Torts
Jan. 20, 2001
Chocolate-Colored Marbles Lead to Suit
SANTA ANA - Chocolate might be hard to resist, but Deborah Hardaway says she found it hard, period. The 43-year-old Newport Coast woman has sued the Four Seasons Hotel in Newport Beach, alleging it created a decorative display of marbles so enticing that she popped a few in her mouth, thinking they were chocolate, and injured her teeth and jaw. Hardaway v. Four Seasons Newport Beach, 01CC00909 (O.C. Super. Ct., filed Jan. 12, 2001).




The 43-year-old Newport Coast woman has sued the Four Seasons Hotel in Newport Beach, alleging it created a decorative display of marbles so enticing that she popped a few in her mouth, thinking they were chocolate, and injured her teeth and jaw. Hardaway v. Four Seasons Newpor...
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