Man says jar of fruit exploded, gets $150,000

Detroit - A man who says he was knocked unconscious when a lid exploded off a jar of fruit and hit him in the face was offered $150,000 to settle his lawsuit against a grocer and a fruit company. Del Monte Foods of San Francisco and Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. insist there’s no credible evidence that the jar was unsafe, but they made the offer after a judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit by Darryl Alexander of Southfield, Mich. Alexander said the stubborn lid flew through the air and struck him in the eye after he hit it with the rubber handle of a screwdriver....More