McDonald’s Sued Over (Too) Hot Chocolate

Interesting lawsuit filed in Chicago this week. McDonald’s is being sued after a young girl suffered 3rd degree burns when her hot chocolate spilled all over her. After the famous “McDonald’s Coffee” lawsuit in which a women was awarded $2.86 million after she burned herself with hot coffee she purchased from McDonald’s, you’d think that they would learn.

McDonald’s sued over hot chocolate burn

A Chicago woman filed suit with McDonald’s Restaurants on Wednesday after her daughter was burned by spilled hot chocolate more than a year ago.

The woman purchased a hot chocolate for her daughter in April 2009 at a McDonald’s drive-thru window. She claims the lid was improperly secured on the beverage and it spilled on her daughter, causing “severe pain and scarring,” the Chicago Tribune is reporting.

The suit alleges that the restaurant staff should have known that the beverage was too hot to drink.

Our Chicago Injury Attorneys wish the girl all the best.