A McDonald’s restaurant near Montreal has agreed to pay a woman more than $12,000 after hot coffee spilled onto her leg, causing serious burns.
Marie-Josee Piquette, a 911 operator in Beloeil, Que., was herself the focus of an emergency call on May 27 when a cardboard tray buckled at the drive-thru window, sending three scalding beverages splashing into her car.
She had driven to the fast-food outlet on her lunch break to pick up coffee for two colleagues. The tray gave way as the clerk passed a salad and three beverages through the window.