McDonald’s Sued for Illinois Personal Injury After Teenager Gets Hepatitis A
In Illinois, a Sherrard couple is suing McDonald’s for their son’s personal injury. Lisa and Dennis Mrasak say that their 16-year-old son, Dillon, had to be hospitalized for a few days and tested positive for hepatitis A after eating at the McDonald’s in Milan, Illinois.
Two of the food handlers at this particular McDonald’s were among the 22 people who recently had hepatitis A in Milan. However, McDonald’s Corp says that no one who suffered from the illness came to work once the problem was identified.
Kevin Murphy, who owns the Milan McDonald's, is a defendant in the Illinois personal injury lawsuit. Murphy and McDonald’s were sued in a separate Illinois personal injury lawsuit, also filed this week, by a man who had to get preventive shots after eating at the same restaurant.
Restaurants in Chicago and the rest of Illinois are supposed to make sure that patrons do not get sick from eating food prepared or served on the premise. If a patient gets Hepatitis A or suffers from food poisoning or sustains another kind of illness because the kitchen is dirty, the food that was served to a customer was spoiled or was not properly prepared, or because of another unsanitary condition, the restaurant and its owner could be held liable for personal injury.
In an unrelated civil lawsuit that has caught the media’s attention involving another restaurant, a man is suing a Claim Jumper restaurant because he says that he bit into a condom that was in his French onion soup. The plaintiff claims that the incident has traumatized him and he is worried that he has contracted a sexually transmitted disease. The restaurant is disputing this personal injury plaintiff's claims.
Other examples of other possible reasons for filing a Chicago personal injury lawsuit against a restaurant include inadequate security and slip and fall.
Family sues McDonald's, claims foodborne illness, Forbes.com/AP, July 23, 2009
McDonald's sued after diner gets Hepatitis A, Reuters, July 23, 2009
Man sues Claim Jumper, claiming condom was in his soup, OC Register, July 22, 2009
