Burger King Suit Over Spit in Sandwich Revived by Court
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A customer’s lawsuit against Burger King Corp. claiming he was served a hamburger tainted by saliva traced to an employee was revived by a federal appeals court that said he can file a claim for emotional distress.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Edward Bylsma can modify his lawsuit, which he filed after he was allegedly served “a hamburger tainted with a glob of saliva later traced by DNA back to one” of two employees he encountered in 2009 at a Burger King in Vancouver, Washington, according to the ruling today.