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Cross-Examination: Restaurant Food Allergy Injury Claim
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Mr Li, before you placed your order that evening at the restaurant, can you confirm exactly what you told the waiter about your peanut allergy?
是的，我点餐前特意跟服务员说了，我对花生过敏，请他们确认这道菜里绝对不能有花生成分。
After you spoke to the waiter, did the restaurant provide any written confirmation that the dish was peanut-free, or was it only a verbal assurance?
没有，他们没有给我任何书面确认，服务员只是口头跟我说厨房会注意，不会放花生。
Once you began eating, how many minutes passed before you first noticed symptoms, and what exactly did you experience?
大概吃了十五分钟左右，我就开始嘴唇发麻、喉咙发紧，呼吸也变得困难，当时朋友马上打了急救电话。
Had you eaten at this same restaurant on previous occasions before that night, without ever experiencing any allergic reaction at all?
有，那之前我去过那家餐厅两次，点的也是类似的菜，都没有出现任何过敏反应。
I put it to you that the restaurant's kitchen records, checked after the incident, show no peanut ingredient was ever used in the preparation of that dish.
我不同意这个说法，当时那盘酱汁尝起来有很明显的花生味道，我认为里面一定用了花生油或者花生酱。
Did you carry an EpiPen with you that day, and did you use it yourself immediately before being taken to Westmead Hospital by ambulance?
对，我随身带着肾上腺素笔，当时自己马上注射了一针，救护车赶到后就把我送去了韦斯特米德医院。
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