Reuters: Oddly Enough: Lawsuit says two-year-old boy ate used condom at Chicago McDonald's

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Lawsuit says two-year-old boy ate used condom at Chicago McDonald's Mar 14th 2013, 15:14 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News McDonald's February sales fall less than feared, shares up Fri, Mar 8 2013 Google not liable for vanity search results: Court Wed, Mar 6 2013 McDonald's corporate headquarters is pictured in Oakbrook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, April 19, 2004. Credit: Reuters/John Gress By Jonathan Stempel Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:14am EDT (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp has been sued by a woman who said her two-year-old son ate a used condom he found in the play area of one of its restaurants in Chicago. Anishi Spencer filed the complaint against the fast-food restaurant chain on Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of herself and her sons, Jonathan Hines and Jacquel Hines. According to the complaint, Spencer and her sons were at a McDonald's restaurant in Chicago's South Side on February 4, 2012 when Jacquel picked up the used condom from the floor, and shortly thereafter coughed up a piece of it. Both boys required medical care, and have suffered lasting injuries, pain and discomfort, the complaint said. Spencer accused McDonald's of negligence for failing to clean hazardous debris from the play area, and failing to use appropriate security measures to help uncover "deviant activities." The lawsuit seeks at least $50,000 of damages. "This is a very disgusting case," Jeffrey Deutschman, a lawyer for Spencer and her sons at Deutschman & Associates in Chicago, said in a phone interview. He said he tried to settle, but was unable to do so after having to deal with "layers and layers" of bureaucracy at McDonald's, which is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. McDonald's spokeswomen did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Jonathan is now 4 and Jacquel is now 3. The case is Hines et al v. McDonald's Restaurants of Illinois Inc et al, Cook County Circuit Court, No. 2013L002625. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Nick Zieminski) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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