He went into the bathroom of a famous coffee chain and the toilet exploded: he sues for 100 thousand dollars

He will never forget that day again. And this is why now, some time later, she has decided to take legal action. The following is the chronicle of a a fact as unusual as it is extraordinary that deserves to be told.

The story is like this. A customer filed a negligence lawsuit against a world famous coffee chain because, according to him, he was injured by a bathroom explosion in one of his branches, in Central Florida, United States.

Paul Kerouac -this is the man’s name- he states further $100,000 in a lawsuit filed earlier this year in state court in Orlando, he said CBS News.

In the text he states that he suffered “serious and lasting injuries” following a toilet explosion in the men’s restroom of a Dunkin’ store in Winter Park, Florida, in January 2022.

How did the accident in the canteen bathroom happen?

After the explosion Kerouac quit covered in human feces, urine and debrisleft the men’s restroom to ask for help from workers and the store manager, the lawsuit details.

According to what was published by the aforementioned media, an employee told him that he was aware of the “problem with the toilet” because there had been previous accidentsthe lawsuit reads, without providing further details about the explosion.

The lawsuit describes that Kerouac suffered “personal injury” significant and, due to the trauma caused by the accident, required mental health treatment at the time.

This need for ongoing care suggests that the repercussions of the accident went beyond the physical It also damaged their psychological and emotional well-being.

Following this unpleasant and unexpected accident, the man demands higher compensation $100,000as the consequences of the explosion would have caused “serious and long-lasting injuries”.

Various local media, such as ABC Action Newsfor example – indicate that Scott Spradley, the Kerouac’s lawyer, He underlined it for the moment He has no further information on the case.

For its part, the renowned donut company decided do not comment about the situation.

Other million-dollar lawsuits against the coffee chain

In addition to the lawsuit against Paul Kerouac, Dunkin’ has a history of another scandalous lawsuit. In October 2023, a woman took the chain to court due to Spilled boiling coffee and was compensated with 3 million dollarsExplain The opinion.

The elderly Atlanta woman said she took a sip of coffee and then spilled the entire drink on her lap, causing severe third degree burns on his skin which, after two years of treatment, was still complicating his life and causing him pain.

This incident and the situation that arose pushed the woman to decide to take the coffee chain to court through lawyer Benjamin Welch, of Morgan & Morgan.

She declared it the lid was not secured in the cup of coffee that caused a spill that burned his body so bad he had to get big skin grafts and learning to walk againthe media published.

According to the lawsuit, the elderly woman has accumulated up to $200,000 in medical bills. Even today, two years after the accident, he must continue to apply creams several times a day.

He finally reached a deal with Dunkin’ in which he will receive $3 million.