A former firefighter and Marine Corps veteran who allegedly ate raw oysters from a steakhouse in Illinois has been hospitalized for over a year. A lawsuit suggests that the meal may have seriously changed his life for the worse, as his legal team claimed that he was suffering from permanent brain damage.
Joe Belgio, 44, had been celebrating at Gibsons Steakhouse & Bar in Oak Brook, 15 miles west of Downtown Chicago. He had been with his family when the fateful incident occurred, according to his fiancée, Melanie Stayer. According to an article from the New York Post, Belgio fell gravely ill after eating the contaminated oysters and allegedly went into cardiac arrest three days after eating the meal.
