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McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada faces a lawsuit from a Vernon woman who claims she was badly injured from hot McDonald’s coffee from a cup with a lid that was not closed properly.
Plaintiff Inna Turchin filed a notice of claim against McDonald’s on January 17, seeing a total of $9,856 for her injuries, lost wages, medical expenses and other losses.
According to the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit, Turchin ordered a small latte at a McDonalds restaurant in November 2019. She claims the lid was not closed properly so that when she attempted to sip the beverage, hot liquid spilled on her body, burning her skin and ruining her clothes.
According to iNFOnews.ca, she subsequently sought treatment at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital emergency room. She was diagnosed with burns to her breasts and abdomen, according to the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit.
The doctor reportedly told her to take several days off from work, apply ointment to the affected area and take painkillers as needed.
“I had blisters on my breasts and abdomen which turned into seeping wounds,” Turchin alleges in her McDonald’s coffee lawsuit. She says the injury made it difficult to sleep and “limited her ability to function and concentrate on the job, do activities or exercise enough.”
In addition, Turchin fears that the scars left from the burns, which are darker than her natural skin tone, will be permanent.
The McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit blames the incident on an employee’s negligence for failing to put the lid on the coffee cup properly. Turchin does not name the McDonald’s employee.
According to the court documents, a supervisor at the McDonald’s restaurant addressed and documented the incident.
Turchin filed the McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit in small claims court. She seeks $8,000 for pain and suffering, $1,250 for lost wages, $50 for medical expenses and $380 to reimburse her for the cost of the handmade alpaca cardigan she was wearing when the coffee spilled on her.
In 1992, a 79-year-old American named Stella Liebeck famously sued McDonald’s after she spilled hot coffee on herself and suffered third-degree burns. The burns were so severe that she required skin grafts and two years of treatment. She sought to settle the case for $20,000 but McDonald’s refused.
At trial, a jury awarded Liebeck $160,000 in compensatory damages for her pain, suffering and medical expenses.
The jury also awarded Liebeck $2.7 million in punitive damages, although she reportedly reached a settlement with McDonald’s for an undisclosed amount to prevent the possibility of appeals.
Do you think the plaintiff will be successful in her $9,856 claim against McDonald’s? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
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30 thoughts onMcDonald’s Hit With Hot Coffee Lawsuit in Canada
I am shocked that a grown adult orders a hot drink, or any drink for that matter, and does not check to make sire the lids are on properly. Fast food workers are trying to fill orders as fast as they can to keep customers from wining and complaining about the service. This makes them bad at putting lids on drinks.
FOR PETE’S SAKE PEOPLE: ACT LIKE AN ADULT AND CHECK YOUR LIDS!
I have been burned by McDonald’s coffee but never to the extreme of others. I live in Seattle WA
Add me please
I probably 4 of 7 days order McDonald’s coffee. Twice it was so hot I burned my tongue. I think they need a regulated temperature . I felt it was possibly old coffee and microwaved . Way to hot !
Half the time it is old coffee..
Add me
Please add me
Please add me
Add me its happen to me b 4. But im in san Antonio texas dont know if im eligible for the claim
Beware of coffee lids at Mc Donalds. I was burned on my thigh while walking back to my seat with my tray. However, Mc Donalds said “that the accident was 1% my fault and that Mc Donald was not
responsible.”
So be aware when you go to McDonalds.
Mcdonalda lids never seal properly. I called a location in halifax after 2 lids popped off in a tray just bcz they grazed each other.i wasnt injured but my car had to be cleaned badly and all the manager said was bcz he couldn’t see it in the driver thru camera so he didnt see damage.
In Canada anything she wins or settles for will just go towards the lawyer and she will be lucky if she doesn’t end up owing the lawyer in the end.