Another crazy McDonalds lawsuit, this time from West Virginia:
A Monongalia County man is seeking $10 million from McDonald's after an employee put cheese on his sandwich.Jeromy Jackson, his mother Trela Jackson and his friend Andrew Ellifritz filed a suit July 18 in Monongalia Circuit Court against the popular fast-food chain because Jeromy Jackson is allergic to cheese.
According to the suit, Jackson, his mother and friend went to the drive-thru at the McDonald's on Chaplin Road in Morgantown on Oct. 30, 2005. Jackson claims he ordered two "Quarter Pounders" without cheese, stating he was allergic to cheese.
"From this point forward, Mr. Jackson repeatedly asked as to the status of his food and whether it had no cheese, and took multiple preventive steps to assure his food did not contain cheese," the suit says.
The suit says Jackson received his food, bit into one of his sandwiches and immediately began to have a severe allergic reaction. He was rushed to United Hospital Center in Clarksburg.
I see. Was one of those "multiple preventative steps" actually LOOKING AT THE DAMN BURGERS BEFORE YOU BIT INTO THEM??
Check out the pic of the Jackson's attorney. Tim Houston: Teenaged Lawyer! I can visualize the ad now ...
(h/t: Taranto.)
Hube:
FYI - according to Google maps, Clarksburg is about 35-40 miles from Morgantown. I have been to Morgantown many times and probably to that McDonald's and I know the city has at least one frigging huge teaching hospital with an ER.
Wonder why they took this poor poor kid to a hospital so far away?? This would be the 1st question I asked his atty.
Posted by: AJ Lynch at August 9, 2007 04:35 PMThey have plain hamburgers on the menu at McDonald's. Why didn't Jeromy just order those?
Posted by: Laurel at August 11, 2007 04:49 PM