Flav-O-Rich settles local lawsuit

Flav-O-Rich has agreed to settle with the family of an 8-year-old boy who got sick after drinking some of the company’s chocolate milk.

The family of Mattie Stewart was tendered a $1,500 settlement by Flav-O-Rich on behalf of her 8-year-old son who fell ill earlier this month after consuming a drink made by the company.

In addition to the $1,500 cash settlement, the company, in return for Stewart’s assurance the case will be pressed no further, agreed to pay the $2,140 emergency room bill to cover the boy’s visit to River Park Hospital.

The incident which prompted the settlement happened Jan. 5 when the boy drank a chocolate drink made by Flav-O-Rich. The boy then fell ill and was rushed to River Park. He was treated and released from the emergency room and has since fully recovered.

While making a quick settlement, Flav-O-Rich maintains paying the family to drop the case was ‘not an admission of liability.’