Singer Sues McDonalds, Claims Vocal Damage from Glass in Chicken Sandwich

McDonald’s is guilty of a lot of things – maybe under-salting their fries every now and then, exposing children to clowns at an early age, and maybe ruining my diet. But are they guilty of...
Singer Sues McDonalds, Claims Vocal Damage from Glass in Chicken Sandwich
Written by Josh Wolford
  • McDonald’s is guilty of a lot of things – maybe under-salting their fries every now and then, exposing children to clowns at an early age, and maybe ruining my diet. But are they guilty of causing a woman to lose her beautiful singing voice?

    That’s just what 52-year-old Brooklyn resident Jacqueline Simpson alleges. She has filed a lawsuit claiming that her voice was ruined after she bit into a penny-sized shard of glass while eating a chicken sandwich. She says that the incident occurred in 2010 in a McDonald’s near the World Trade Center.

    “Now when I sing, I have a hoarse, rattly voice,” Simpson told the NY Post. “I still sing alto, but I can’t sing soprano like I used to.”

    Her case is currently with the Brooklyn Supreme Court.

    “I have to make a lot of calls for work, and I have to tell people that I’m not a man. Before, that never happened.”

    According to the FindLaw blog, food-related injuries are usually treated as a product liability claim. More specifically – strict liability.

    Under the strict liability theory, this is because Mickey D’s a business that sells chicken sandwiches regularly; they should be held responsible if any product (or sandwich) leaving their facilities is defective. A piece of glass — the size of a penny, according to Simpson’s claim — would certainly be construed as defective

    But there are a lot of questions about this lawsuit. Did Simpson swallow the glass? Is that how she claims it affected her singing voice? And the incident reportedly happened nearly three years ago – why wait so long? Is there physical (or medical) evidence?

    McDonald’s and liability lawsuits – they seem to go together like, well, hash browns and a McMuffin.

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