The lesson: don't order seafood at a steakhouse...

Jersey City man and Outback Steakhouse settle after jury selection
By Sarah Nathan/ The Jersey Journal
on November 27, 2012 at 2:30 PM

Hours before opening statements were slated to begin this morning in the case of a Jersey City man who had sued a Secaucus Outback Steakhouse, a settlement was reached.

The man said in a lawsuit that he found a metallic object in an appetizer he ate there and it caused him severe injuries.

According to the lawsuit, John Rosello found a metallic object in a crab cake appetizer he ordered at the steakhouse's Secaucus location during a family dinner to celebrate his son's 18th birthday.

Hours after consumption, Rosello went to a doctor complaining of stomach pains. Rosello suffered from "internal and external bleeding" and still suffers "severe and debilitating injuries," according to the suit.

Calls to Rosello's attorney, Donald Gardner, were not immediately returned.
Details regarding the nature of the settlement were not immediately available.