Joanna Audoire’s McDonald’s lawsuit is reminiscent of the 1992 Stella Liebeck case. A British woman by the name of Joanna Audoire has plans to sue McDonald’s after she seriously burned her leg with an ill-covered cup of tea. McDonald’s has announced that they will investigate the matter. Many have rapidly taken to the internet to say that Joanna Audoire cooked up the whole story.
The Joanna Audoire McDonald’s lawsuit drama is making headlines, and thus far, the fast food giant is winning the PR war. A mother of three has made her plans to drag McDonald’s to court known, after accidentally spilling hot tea she purchased from the company on her leg.
The 44-year-old European spoke to local media and she explained that after a busy day of shopping with her friend, Karen Prodromou, they visited a McDonald’s located in Waltham Abbey, Essex.
Joanna Audoire claimed that she ordered a Coke and a hot tea, and returned to her vehicle with the tray. As she sat in the car, she noticed that the cup containing the Coke was about to stumble over and she tried to catch it, and the sizzling cup of tea, which apparently had an issue with the lid, spilled over her leg.
Despite the agonizing pain, Joanna Audoire, who is a telemarketer, went to work. While at her post, the burnt spot on her leg became unbearable, which prompted her to got to the bathroom in order to take a better look at the injury.
Audoire discovered that her pants were stuck to the burnt area. She was forced to peel off the clothing from her leg and she was shocked to find a huge L-shaped burn with bubbles on it.
The divorcee was taken to the hospital, where doctors told her, she will have a scar the size of her hand on the leg for the rest of her life. The injury forced Joanna Audoire to take one week off work. Audoire said that she is seriously thinking about suing McDonald’s. She said:
“I am seriously considering legal action for the time I have had to take off work and for the injury and trauma I have suffered.I was in immense pain. They need to take some responsibility for serving the tea as hot as that with a flimsy lid.”
She went to add that she hopes that McDonald’s employees will be more careful because they can injure children. The mother added:
“When will they improve it? When a child is seriously burnt? It makes me cross.The lid couldn’t have been on properly, and I know tea is hot, but was it too hot on this occasion? I think it was. It was very very painful. It shouldn’t have happened.”
A spokesman for McDonald’s said in a statement that they are investigating the matter and they are in contact with Joanna Audoire. Audoire is being compared to Stella Liebeck, who spilled scalding McDonald’s coffee on her lap in 1992, and won over $2 Million from the company.
Many are calling Joanna Audoire, an opportunist and a scam artist, who burned herself on purpose, and is now trying to get money from the company.
What are your thoughts on the Joanna Audoire McDonald’s lawsuit? Was this an accident?
