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Moose Takes Nose Dive into Diner

January 4th, 2010. By AbiK

When was the last time you stepped into a place that used taxidermy as art? It actually hasn’t been that long for me—just last week in fact at Thomas Edison’s house in West Orange, NJ. But before that, it was a college-aged roadtrip to a rinky-dink bar in the backwoods of Amish country—the sort of place loaded with baseball caps, beards, camouflage attire—and Red White & Blue on tap. And more animal heads on the walls than patrons on barstools—one assumes, even on a good night. 

And that’s the interesting thing about taxidermy—it’s equally high-end or low-brow—and, it’s pretty polarizing to boot. 

But now it’s the center of a NYC personal injury lawsuit. Not taxidermy in general, but one moose head in particular—or as has been reported in the NY Daily News, a caribou head. 

It seems that Raina Kumra was dining under the aforementioned head on October 4^th when she came head-to-head (forgive the pun) with it. Lucky for her it wasn’t antler-to-head. Be that as it may, she’s since sued the eatery, White Slab Palace, which is located at Delancey and Allen in NYC. What she’s suing for is an “unspecified amount”; what she’s suing for is, according to the suit, that she’s “lost cognitive skills and suffered chronic neck pain, fatigue, dizzy spells and anxiety from mounting medical expenses.” 

I can only imagine that Ms. Kumra was a tad bit embarrassed in the aftermath of the moose (er, caribou) lunging at her. And let’s face it, with a reported weight of 150 lbs. and an antler span of Read the rest of this entry »

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