Beer taster sues brewery after becoming alcoholic

[one...two...tree 2,762]

SAO PAULO, Brazil - A Brazilian court has ordered a brewer to pay $49,000 to an alcoholic beer taster who said he drank more than 3 pints of beer a day.

The unidentified employee alleged that the company did not provide the health measures needed to keep him from developing alcoholism, a labor court in the Rio Grande do Sul state said in a statement Friday.

The employee said in his lawsuit that for more than a decade, he drank 16 to 25 small glasses of beer during his eight-hour shifts at the company

He also said he received a bottle of beer after each shift.

An initial ruling had favored Ambev, or Companhia de Bebidas das Americas, which can still appeal the decision. The local brewing company alleged the employee already was an alcoholic before becoming a beer taster.

Judge Jose Felipe Ledur said the company still was negligent because an alcoholic should never have been made a beer taster.

Ledur also said the employee's alcohol dependency had worsened in recent years and that even on vacation, the employee felt like drinking the same amount of beer he drank at work.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/050...aster07-ON.html

[Jenn! 918]

Awesome. You sure can buy a lot of beer with $49,000!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Awesome. You sure can buy a lot of beer with $49,000!

3 pints a day can be an expensive habit.

[almaty 19]

i drink to that

[Sinergy 3]

i wanna be a beer taster

[LovinLiberia 0]

That's a lot of beer for one person to drink all day at work. They could have at least divided it up between different people or made it just a sip of beer instead of glasses of beer. I do think the company handled it poorly.

[mRx 16]

Im gonna sue the US Military, because it turned me into an alcoholic.

[Sinergy 3]

Im gonna sue the US Military, because it turned me into an alcoholic.

my dad sd the same thing, and half the military ppl i know sd the same thing LOL

[Jasman0717 9]

Awesome. You sure can buy a lot of beer with $49,000!

[mawilson 2,133]

SAO PAULO, Brazil - A Brazilian court has ordered a brewer to pay $49,000 to an alcoholic beer taster who said he drank more than 3 pints of beer a day.

3 pints a day? I drink more than that on a good day

[Peikko 1,575]

I am suprised at the ruling as I understood alcoholism, like many other addictions is a result of a psycological disorder and not something that just happens if you drink x amount of alcohol per day. There is a difference between a heavy drinker and an alcoholic.

[almaty 19]

SAO PAULO, Brazil - A Brazilian court has ordered a brewer to pay $49,000 to an alcoholic beer taster who said he drank more than 3 pints of beer a day.

3 pints a day? I drink more than that on a good day

i usually spill that much...

[mawilson 2,133]

SAO PAULO, Brazil - A Brazilian court has ordered a brewer to pay $49,000 to an alcoholic beer taster who said he drank more than 3 pints of beer a day.

3 pints a day? I drink more than that on a good day

i usually spill that much...

Brazilians are such lightweights

[almaty 19]

I am suprised at the ruling as I understood alcoholism, like many other addictions is a result of a psycological disorder and not something that just happens if you drink x amount of alcohol per day. There is a difference between a heavy drinker and an alcoholic.

what? there are a couple of different theories, one is that it is a disease and the alcoholic has a predetermined genetic disorder...with psychological disorders can occur..

2nd is a learn behavior with psychological issues being the driver for excessive drinking/./

10% of drinkers will develop a serious problem at some point in their life

[Ban Hammer 14,455]

i'm going to brazil - i just heard my dream job has opened up