His Child Starts Vomitting, Then Dad Sees What They Did To His Kid's Lunch

<div><p>When John Russo pre-ordered meals for him and his daughter at a local <a href="http://awm.com/theyre-eating-at-panera-bread-when-her-child-starts-gasping-for-air-then-she-sees-this-in-her-food/">Panera Bread</a>, in Natick Mass., &nbsp;he left specific instructions, including an allergy alert, in the messages section of his online order. </p><p>His 6-year-old daughter, Elissa, has a deadly allergy to peanuts, so John made sure that there restaurant knew about it in advance of picking up the order. </p><p>Just to be on the safe side, he ordered her a grilled cheese sandwich. But, within moments of biting into the sandwich, his little girl mentioned that it tasted funny, then, she began gasping for breath.</p><div><figure><a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/06/07/00/34FD117100000578-3627804-image-a-4_1465255374350.jpg" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/34FD117100000578-3627804-image-a-4_1465255374350.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/34FD117100000578-3627804-image-a-4_1465255374350_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/06/07/00/34FD117100000578-3627804-image-a-4_1465255374350.jpg" target="_blank">Daily Mail</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Before he rushed to his daughter's side, John pried open the sandwich and was shocked by what he saw. There, in the center, was a huge dollop of peanut butter.</p><div><figure><a href="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/pnaera.jpg" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/pnaera-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/pnaera-1_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/pnaera-1_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/pnaera-1_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/pnaera.jpg" target="_blank">CBS</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>The young girl was air-lifted to the hospital and treated with a life-saving shot of epinepherine. Thankfully Elissa survived, but this could have been avoided if the employee had followed John's instructions and understood the allergy alert.</p><p>The store owner allegedly apologized and said that the mistake was due to a language barrier. The employee making the sandwich misunderstood the allergy warning.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>The family is suing Panera Bread for engaging "unfair and deceptive business practices by adding peanut butter to the plaintiff's grilled cheese sandwich knowing that [she] has a life-threatening peanut allergy," according to the Globe. </p><p>See the clip below - do you think they're right to sue?</p><amp-iframe sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" layout="responsive" frameborder="0" height="9" width="16" src="https://launch.newsinc.com/?type=VideoPlayer/Single&amp;widgetId=1&amp;trackingGroup=69016&amp;playlistId=19132&amp;siteSection=americanoverlook&amp;videoId=30954022"></amp-iframe></div>