Parents Sue Dunkin' Donuts After Rogue Hash Brown Burns Toddler

The Consumerist ^ | Sep 13 2009 | Laura Northrup

[dfwgator]

What about pointed sticks?

[Made In The USA]

Agree. I also always taste-test whatever drink is brought to my kids (2 & 5 years old). My brother-in-law’s daughter ordered juice - and was given a screwdriver. No, he didn’t sue... but I’m very sure it wasn’t a pleasant experience for the folks running the restaurant.

[Dianna]

Before handing the hash brown to her son to eat, the boy's mother, Robin, checked it and found it was "lukewarm," the suit states.

Apparently not.

[Two Kids' Dad]

You’re right. Dunkin should bring in a representative from Child Protective Services if this ever makes it to court.

I want to see the family’s financials because it’s almost a sure thing they’re looking for a free payday to get themselves out of a jam.

“Hey Dunkin’ Donuts, DON”T SETTLE!”

[HeadOn]

Well... they can. Microwaves heat water. If the outside is dry and the inside is moist, like hashbrowns, the answer is, Yes. They heat whatever water or moisture is in the food.

[Two Kids' Dad]

To all the copmmenters about microwaves, I’m pretty sure all chain restaurants deep fry their hash browns if they’re in nugget form and cook them on a flat griddle if they’re in shredded/grated form.

A microwave would not produce a good quality hash brown.

[llevrok]

rogue hash browns? killer tomatoes?

is the world safe?

[hometoroost]

I prefer the comfy chair and every now and then a shrubbery. A nice one, not too expensive.

[RowdyFFC]

LMAO! Yep, it’s that simple.

[BluesDuke]

That would be known as a “microwave.”

Not exactly. Dunkin' Donuts in recent years has used the Turbo-Chef toasting oven (Subway, the submarine sandwich people, use them, too), which isn't exactly a microwave system. And to the best of my knowledge (all you have to do is ask; or, work there, as did I for a time when unable for awhile to find work in my usual profession), it doesn't cook from the inside out.

That said, something about this litigation doesn't exactly pass the taste test . . .

[al_c]

A hash brown that fell out of his mouth and onto his neck.

Uh ... why the hell were you putting a hot piece of hash brown in a baby's mouth, parents?!

[madamemayhem]

dunkin donuts. donuts. do-nuts. not dunkin hash browns, donuts. who orders hash browns at a donut shop? mom and dad are stuffing down chocolate covered, cream filled yummies and the kid gets nasty microwaved hash browns. buy the kid a donut and some milk.

[dangerdoc]

Handing food that hot to a toddler is neglect on the parent’s part.

[dead]

A microwave would not produce a good quality hash brown.

They're not interested in producing a good quality hash brown, just one you'll pay for.

[Mr. Lucky]

Sicking your finger into the front of a fan doesn't cause injury.

[nikos1121]

They’re selling hash browns at Dunkin Donuts now? That’s great. The camel jockeys don’t even know what a long john is, and now they’ve added hash browns to the menu.

[dainbramaged]

Sicking your finger into the blades on the front of a fan doesn’t cause injury, but STICKING one does.

[ElectricStrawberry]

Man...got me thinkin’ of those McDonalds deep-fried apple pies with the napalm inside.

No wonder they switched to baked.

[vpintheak]

OUr sick society on display. I would have been upset and maybe complained to the manager, but that is it. Sue? For what? The kids will heal and you will never see the mark in about 1 month. Greedy suckers.

[PackerBoy]

If I were the kid, I might sue my parents for not ensuring that the food I was served was safe. Intra-family tort immunity would probably preclude such a lawsuit. But the threat of some kind of child endangerment charge might get the folks to cough up some mula to make it go away. I think the attorney has a conflict of interest if the parents hired him, since he might have to assert a claim against the parents. Hmmm. Sure makes one think ...