Pappasitos Offers Cash After Hepatitis Exposure
Pappasitos Cantina restaurant in Houston is offering customers who were exposed to the hepatitis A virus cash and gift cards in exchange for signing a release that would discharge them from any lawsuit connected to the outbreak. Full story
The customer then received an offer of $300 in cash and two $50 dining cards to compensate him for the inconvenience.
"They were quite anxious to get this signed and back in their hands, so that certainly concerned us," the customer said.
In order to get the money, Pappas wants customers to sign a document that would "fully release and discharge Pappas Restaurants from all claims suits … connected with any alleged exposure to hepatitis A at Pappasitos Cantina."
The release said the terms of the agreement are to be held in strict confidence.
"They do this because they don't want the bad publicity," Waldman said.
