- Recently filed legal papers claim that about 19 workers
were fired in the aftermath of employee contamination of food at a New
York state Thruway Burger King in Scottsville ÷ incidents that even
included urination on food products.
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- The lawsuit, reiterating charges that first surfaced
in a criminal case against three Burger King employees, alleges that restaurant
workers may have been tampering with food for eight months before the contamination
came to light.
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- About 19 people "were terminated when the reprehensible
and criminal conduct occurring at the defendant's Burger King restaurant
was finally reported by an employee who could no longer sleep at night
after learning that the food contamination had escalated from spitting
to urination, all the way up to placing lethal poison on food products,"
allege the court papers, filed on behalf of a Monroe County sheriff's deputy
who maintains he suffered severe gastrointestinal injuries after eating
a contaminated burger.
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- The allegations are based on depositions of individuals
familiar with the contamination, claim the recently filed court papers.
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- One Burger King employee was convicted in 2001 of food
tampering by spraying degreaser on a Whopper pattie. Another employee pleaded
guilty to food tampering and a third was acquitted.
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- In 2001, Monroe County Sheriffâs Deputy Gamaliel
Dominguez and his wife, Clara, sued Burger King and HMS Host Corp., which
manages restaurants at Thruway service areas. The couple sued for $15.5
million in state Supreme Court.
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- Court papers show that the two sides continue to scrap
over what evidence should be provided to lawyers and whether tests are
needed to determine the validity of the allegations that Dominguez is ill.
No trial date has been set.
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- Jane Kuppermann, a Syracuse lawyer representing Burger
King and HMS, said that she could not comment on the lawsuit.
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- She has maintained in court papers that lawyers for the
Dominguez couple have engaged in a legal fishing expedition, seeking transcripts
of advertisements about Thruway restaurants. The lawsuit has nothing to
do with advertising campaigns, and only focuses on whether Dominguez is
ill and whether Burger King was responsible, the court papers say.
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- Rochester lawyer Robert Brenna, who represents the couple,
has alleged in court papers that there may be a radio advertising campaign
designed to place the Thruway operations in a positive light on the eve
of a possible trial.
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- Former Burger King employees, deposed as part of the
lawsuit, have painted a picture of a restaurant where supervision was scant
and contamination of food products rife, the court papers state.
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- Some of those who were deposed "have testified to
the facts that 60 to 100 sandwich patties were broiled after having been
contaminated by urine; that at least one employee saw another employee
spitting on a burger which was served to the public; that three managers
determined there was inadequate supervision at the subject Burger King
restaurant at times; and that one of those managers was cut as a cost savings
measure."
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- http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/1110NM2AC4O_burger101_news.shtml
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- Comment
- From Name Wittheld
- 11-11-3
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- From what I have been told over the years, urinating
into and onto the food at Fast Food Restaurants is common practice by employees.
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- I remember about l5 years ago a mother, whose son worked
at McDonalds, told me to never eat at McDonalds or other fast food chains.
Her son was telling her all the time how this happened every day at his
place of work and how it was common knowledge among employees. Each employee
tries to outdo the other in contaminating food.
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- A lot had to do with frustration over bad treatment,
low pay, overworked, no future.
Comment
Alton Raines
11-11-13
This is extremely commonplace. Teen aged retards think its oh-so funny
to hock a loogey into a sandwich and then laugh their arses off while they
watch someone munch down. The answer -- don't eat where you see pimples.
It's that simple. See pimples? Go elsewhere. Remember, these are the same
retarded youth that have to have 'big picture' cash register buttons of
hamburgers and fries so they know how to punch up your order. It's a Fisher
Price world, people... be afraid. Be VERY afraid.
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