Bartender sues Bacardi after burning herself….

Posted by barblog on Jun 10, 2010 in Bar Management | 3 comments

As the lines between reality and fantasy become more and more blurred, the following story breaks:

A woman who claims she was severely burned when a bottle of Bacardi 151 rum caught fire during a restaurant bartender’s pyrotechnic display has won her attempt to proceed with a personal injury and products liability action against Bacardi and the restaurant.

Lauren Sclafani alleged that Bacardi knew or should have foreseen that its high-proof rum was being widely used for a variety of dangerous, flammable displays. She accused the company of employing a poorly designed flame arrester on top of its bottle that could be easily removed by bartenders.

It’s hard to know where to begin with this one so I’ll just let you read the full story here!