Burger King Sued By 2019 Plainfield Road Customer

JOLIET, IL — A Plainfield man has hired a Naperville law firm to sue the Burger King corporation in connection with his visit to the Joliet fast-food restaurant the day after Christmas in 2019. The law firm of Brooks, Tarulis & Tibble filed the personal injury lawsuit last week at the Will County Courthouse on behalf of Lee McClelland.

Around 5:15 p.m. on Dec. 26, 2019, McClelland walked inside the Burger King at 3130 Plainfield Road in Joliet, and he ordered a meal at the inside counter. "He was handed an empty cup and walked over to the beverage dispenser to fill his drink order," court documents show.

As the Plainfield man was about to fill his drink cup at the beverage dispenser machine, McClelland "walked across a portion of the floor that was covered with melting ice cubes and beverage liquids that had been leaking from the beverage dispenser onto the floor in the vicinity of the beverage dispenser machine," his Naperville law firm stated.

According to the plaintiff's version of events, "without being provided any warning of the dangerous or slippery surface, (McClelland) walked across the floor containing the melting ice cubes and beverage liquids when he then slipped, fell and suffered severe injuries."

Employees at the Joliet Burger King on Plainfield Road are accused in the lawsuit of failing to properly maintain their beverage dispenser and surrounding interior surfaces so that their restaurant was "free from any liquids, ice or other substances that could cause a dangerous hazard for defendant's employees and customers, including the plaintiff," the lawsuit reads.

Attorney Douglas Tibble has asked Will County's judges to issue a judgment against Burger King on his client's behalf in excess of $50,000, plus court costs.