Lawsuit Discontinued After Customer Finds Finger in Salad at Mount Kisco Chop't

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. - A lawsuit filed against the casual food chain Chop’t by a customer who claimed to have found part of a finger in her salad has been “discontinued with prejudice.”

According to the 2023 complaint, Allison Cozzi of Greenwich, Conn., was dining at Chop’t on South Moger Avenue in Mount Kisco when she realized she was chewing on a bit of severed digit.

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Other than confirming that the lawsuit had been discontinued with the stipulation of the parties involved in the case, Cozzi’s attorney, Marc Reibman, had no comment on Friday, July 26.

Because it was dismissed “with prejudice,” Cozzi will not be able to bring it back to court. The disposition occurred “without costs, disbursements, or fees to any party as against another,” the court document read.

Cozzi’s suit, filed in Westchester County Supreme Court in White Plains, had alleged that earlier that day in April one of the eatery’s managers had accidentally lopped off the tip of her left pointer finger while preparing arugula.

It also charged that the contaminated greens had been left on the service line and served to customers after the injured manager headed off to the emergency room.

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Accusing Chop’t of Cozzi being “reckless and negligent,” Cozzi sought monetary damages for “severe and serious personal injuries” due to the alleged incident including panic attacks, cognitive impairment, and vomiting.

The Westchester County Board of Health investigated and issued Chop’t a ticket for violating state rules and regulations that require “owners and operators of food service establishments to operate their premises in such a way to avoid imminent health hazards.”
Chop’t did not contest the ticket and paid a $900 fine, according to BOH records.

Named as defendants in Cozzi’s suit had been Chop’t Creative Salad Co. LLC, Chop’t Holdings LLC, Founders Table Technology LLC, and Founders Table Restaurant Group LLC, all of 800 Westchester Ave., Rye Brook.

Their attorney, Mickey Schneider, could not be reached for comment Friday.

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