Appeals court reinstates lawsuit over hot sandwich
It’s been nearly five years since carnival operator Frank Sutton bit into a chicken sandwich at a McDonald’s at a truck stop in Virginia. The legal world is still dealing with the ramifications.
Earlier this month, a federal appeals court in Richmond reinstated Sutton’s $2 million lawsuit against McDonald’s. In the lawsuit, Sutton claims his fried chicken sandwich exploded with scalding grease when he bit into it, burning his lips and face.
The case went to trial in 2008 in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, but before the jury could deliberate, U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton dismissed it.
“There’s just no evidence here of any kind of negligence. He ordered a hot piece of chicken and he got a hot piece of chicken,” Hilton said when he tossed the case. “It was hotter than he anticipated, and that was unfortunate.”
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