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Family Sues After Woman Gets Trapped In Queens Burger King Restroom, Dies
CBS Local ^ | 10 Dec 15 | CBS staff

Posted on 12/12/2015 4:02:05 AM PST by SkyPilot

A Queens woman died after allegedly getting trapped in a local Burger King restroom, and now, her family has sued the fast food chain.

As CBS2’s Ilana Gold reported, Shirley McCarthy’s family has also detailed what happened during her final moments at the Burger King on 82nd Street in Jackson Heights.

The incident happened on Sept. 27. McCarthy’s boyfriend, Ricardo Knox, still struggles to cope.

“I wake up every morning and it feels like I’m in a dream,” Knox said. “Shirley didn’t deserve to die in that bathroom. She wanted to live like everybody else. God bless her soul.”

Knox said McCarthy, 47, didn’t feel well, so she went into the single-stall restroom and locked the door. Moments later, she had the symptoms of a seizure and fell on the bathroom floor.

McCarthy could not reach the door handle, so she started screaming for help.

(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: business; fastfood; lawsuit; newyork
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To: SkyPilot

how did she relate the story when dead?


41 posted on 12/12/2015 5:21:57 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPyes but now I must concentratc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trumping.)
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To: KSCITYBOY
Regardless of what killed her. She went in the stall and locked it. How did the proper functioning of the door cause her death. A swing and miss in the lawsuit sweepstakes!

I would not bet on it.

Several years ago I was foreman on a jury. After the case was over, the law firm asked me to be on a 'mock jury' wherein we watched two teams present an upcoming case, then our deliberations were filmed. This allowed to legal team to fine tune their presentation.

This was a liability case against a hospital which sent an emergency baby delivery case (for which they were not equipped) to a nearby hospital. There the baby was delivered. Mother and baby both survived but the baby had defects alleged to have been caused by the delivery.

Most or all of our mock jurors agreed that the first hospital was not at fault. However, about 40% argued that "The family will need millions to raise this child. The hospital is rich, plus they probably have insurance!" Another grey-haired grump and I kept pressing the points that:

1. It was not THIS hospital's fault.
2. If the hospital looses, all future patients will be paying the millions in settlement money via their increased hospital bills.
3. If the hospital looses and is insured, all future patients will be paying the millions in settlement money via their increased hospital bills.
4. In the future, Hospitals not equipped for difficult cases may nonetheless, to avoid lawsuits, may take patients which should have been transferred to a better facility. This, of course, will result in more lawsuits, more families winning the "Tort Lottery" and more 33% commissions for law firms.

Nothing could sway those "compassionate" jurors from the conviction that "that poor family will NEED the money and the (first, not at fault) hospital has lots!"

BTW, these people are allowed to VOTE!

42 posted on 12/12/2015 5:25:31 AM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: cripplecreek
a guy just outside of town had a heart attack and died in the hammock he napped in every day.

Sounds like a very peaceful way to go. Brings to mind the old joke:

I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather did, not kicking and screaming like his passengers.

43 posted on 12/12/2015 5:33:20 AM PST by Michael.SF. (This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
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To: o_1_2_3__

well, we don’t know what this door handle/lock looked like or how it functioned. Apparently it was “antiquated” whatever that means. I have been in some restrooms that had strange piece of crap door handles with incorporated keyless button locks.


44 posted on 12/12/2015 5:33:27 AM PST by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

LOL!

I had the same question.


45 posted on 12/12/2015 5:35:12 AM PST by basil ( God bless the USA!)
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To: bert

My question exactly......


46 posted on 12/12/2015 5:39:50 AM PST by basil ( God bless the USA!)
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To: Flag_This

No, there’s no way to open the locked door from the other side! They had to break down the door! OMG! I am with the family on this one.


47 posted on 12/12/2015 5:40:31 AM PST by EBH ( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
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To: cripplecreek

I don’t think it was a stall. They could have gotten her out by pulling her under a stall door. This has to be one of the individual style restrooms.


48 posted on 12/12/2015 5:42:42 AM PST by EBH ( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
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To: visualops

That’s because it wasn’t a stall!


49 posted on 12/12/2015 5:45:00 AM PST by EBH ( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
Unfortunately, you can't sue your front yard. ;-)

I blame Scotts Turf Builder


50 posted on 12/12/2015 5:46:43 AM PST by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: sauropod

“Prayers up for the McCarthy family and for the boyfriend.”

“There but for the Grace of God go I.”

Thanks for the best & most appropriate comment.


51 posted on 12/12/2015 5:48:21 AM PST by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: visualops

Bingo! I have been in old public restrooms like that. Never considered a rescue might be needed


52 posted on 12/12/2015 5:48:48 AM PST by EBH ( I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.)
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To: Boomer One

Very true...you are correct. Locks are micro-aggressions against those who would bugger bathroom visitors anyway...


53 posted on 12/12/2015 5:49:49 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: BwanaNdege
Nothing could sway those "compassionate" jurors from the conviction that "that poor family will NEED the money and the (first, not at fault) hospital has lots!"

The only way to sway a nitwit like that is to make it personal. Ask him to put his wallet on the table. Take out all his money. Hand the wallet back. Then say we're going to distribute the money based on need. At some point a dim bulb may flicker on in his brain.

54 posted on 12/12/2015 5:50:13 AM PST by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: kearnyirish2

the solution is a warning sign above the lock advising not to lock if subject to an extensive list of maladies and you lock at your own peril


55 posted on 12/12/2015 5:53:12 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPyes but now I must concentratc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trumping.)
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To: bert

True, but in my area the creative ne’er-do-wells/gibsmedats would find a loophole - even as simple as dumping hand-soap on the floor and taking a dive on it...

Show me da money!


56 posted on 12/12/2015 5:59:41 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: SkyPilot

I didn’t have to look . . . another “Tamir Rice” type of slam dunk lawsuit looking for big money. If she’d gotten trapped in a crapper at home, we wouldn’t hear about it.


57 posted on 12/12/2015 6:02:55 AM PST by laweeks
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To: SkyPilot

Probably went into the bathroom to get coked up and ended up overdosing. She must not have had much of a seizure if she was able to scream for help.


58 posted on 12/12/2015 6:07:21 AM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: SkyPilot

no kidding...never did state what the cause of death was...Did she stroke out? Heart attack? She wassail breathing when the FD got to her.....I want more info


59 posted on 12/12/2015 6:21:25 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Flick Lives

“The only way to sway a nitwit like that is to make it personal. Ask him to put his wallet on the table. Take out all his money. Hand the wallet back. Then say we’re going to distribute the money based on need. At some point a dim bulb may flicker on in his brain.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcqjhUtbups

“Good Idea!”


60 posted on 12/12/2015 6:21:38 AM PST by BwanaNdege
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