WILMINGTON, N.C., Oct. 7, 2005
Man Who Bit Finger In Custard Sues
N.C. Man Claims Trauma After Biting Fingertip In Frozen Custard
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Play CBS Video Video Finger Found In Frozen Custard Clarence Stowers found part of a severed finger inside frozen custard he bought from a Kohl's Frozen Custard shop in North Carolina. He still has it; he may use it as evidence if he sues.
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Clarence Stowers says he suffered psychological trauma and has post-traumatic stress after biting into a fingertip while eating frozen custard from a Wilmington dessert shop.
He's suing Kohl's Frozen Custard and the Carvel Corporation, which made the mixing machine used at the shop. He wants more than ten-thousand dollars in damages.
The fingertip belonged to store manager Brandon Fizer, who lost it while using the mixing machine. The store said employees were looking for the digit when it was inadvertently scooped into a pint of custard.
Stowers returned to the shop about 30 minutes later but refused to return the finger. Instead, he put it in his freezer, making it impossible for doctors to reattach it.
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