Well, you just knew this was coming, didn’t you?  Let’s see … incident happened Friday evening and they didn’t file the lawsuit until Tuesday.  Why the wait?  Oh, right, courts are closed on the weekend. duh

Taylor Dill-Reese and Dominic Wilson, the parents of 15-month-old Dominic Lacey Wilson, filed the lawsuit late Tuesday in Oakland County, where the restaurant is located.

The suit claims the two suffered emotional distress as a result of the incident and seeks unspecified monetary damages from the company for medical bills and non-economic losses.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The company that owns the Applebee’s restaurant chain said on Monday it was immediately retraining its workers nationwide after a server at a suburban Detroit location accidentally served alcohol to a toddler.

The company, California-based DineEquity Inc, said it would also change the way it serves juice to youngsters to eliminate the chance of any mixups that could result in any more toddlers receiving mixed drinks.

On Friday, Taylor Dill-Reese went to an Applebee’s in Madison Heights, Michigan, where — among other things — she ordered her 15-month-old son Dominick an apple juice.

What the little boy apparently got instead was a margarita. His mom told WDIV-TV that she only realized something was wrong when Dominick “kind of laid his head on the table and dozed off a little bit and woke up and got real happy.”

The little boy reportedly began hailing strangers, too.

This next selection, with slightly more info, is from the NY Daily News.

Fifteen-month-old Dominic Dill-Reese was served a drink as part of the kids meal that his mother ordered. Dominic’s mom, Taylor Dill-Reese says her son started acting strangely after drinking what she thought was apple juice. So, she tasted it and discovered the cup contained an alcoholic margarita mix.

The NY Daily News reports that the mother informed the manager who offered little help:

“The manager came up to me and he smelled it and he was like, ‘I am so sorry ma’am, I just don’t know what to do,’” said Dill-Reese.

The family called the police and the toddler started acting funny.  They rushed him to the hospital where they discovered Dominic’s blood alcohol content registered .10, over the legal limit for an adult driver.

“Nobody at the table ordered alcoholic drinks,” said Dill-Reese. “So, he definitely shouldn’t have received one.”  While Dominic is OK now, doctors say he still needs to be carefully watched.

The margarita was served in a sippy cup so the person pouring it had to have known it was for a child.

Applebee’s released a statement on Monday saying it was relieved that Dominick was “not seriously injured as a result of accidentally receiving the wrong beverage” and apologizing to his family “for the stress and worry this caused them.”

It said it would begin to serve apple juice to children only from single-serve containers at the table and would “retrain all severs on our beverage pouring policy, emphasizing that non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages must be stored in completely separate and identified containers.”

Goddess says:  Next time you’re drinking at Applebee’s, order from the kid’s menu.  It’s a way cheaper buzz…