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USA October 10, 1999 VNN4903 Comment on this story Hindu Couple Lose Meat-in-rice Claim Against Taco Bell FROM DETROIT NEWS USA, Oct 10 (VNN) — Detroit News - Tuesday, August 31, 1999 - Religion Section Hindu couple lose meat-in-rice claim against Taco Bell LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A Hindu couple have failed to convince a judge that Taco Bell should help pay their way to India because they were inadvertently served meat. Siva Rama Krishna Valluru and wife Sailaja -- lifelong vegetarians -- said they found meat in rice they had eaten at a Taco Bell restaurant in November. Eating meat is a sin for some Hindus, and the Vallurus wanted the fast-food chain to help pay for a trip to India so they could be cleansed in a purification ceremony in the Ganges River. The company refused, and the couple filed a claim in Lancaster County Small Claims Court, seeking $2,100 each. County Judge Jean Lovell dismissed the claim Wednesday because it did not show the rice was tainted or unfit for human consumption. She also said damages claimed by the couple were not foreseeable, even if the restaurant broke a contract to serve them meatless rice. Valluru, a doctoral student in agriculture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said he and his wife plan to go to India anyway. "It's a must for me that I do it," he said. Copyright 1999, The Detroit News Comment on this story  Contact VNN about this storySend this story to a friend
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