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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

indeed


61 posted on 12/12/2015 6:22:03 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: SkyPilot

her medical history should be easy to get , Obama has it online


62 posted on 12/12/2015 7:30:39 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: BwanaNdege

I do know what you are saying - both my parents were on the claim side of the insurance industry. One was in product liability for a while. So I understand what juries and sadly voters do.


63 posted on 12/12/2015 8:24:16 AM PST by KSCITYBOY
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To: kearnyirish2

Kalifornia has the same thing in new construction.


64 posted on 12/12/2015 8:33:03 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ ("It gets late early around here..." Yogi)
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To: SkyPilot

Normal seizure activity is followed by a postictal phase which can last 15 minutes or more while the brain re-boots itself and comes back on line.

This results in a out of it/lethargic person who would not be screaming for help. Something else happened.


65 posted on 12/12/2015 8:47:20 AM PST by Clay Moore (Keep JRandomFreeper in you prayers)
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To: mad_as_he$$

It makes sense (in the same manner as outward-opening doors after the Coconut Grove fire).


66 posted on 12/12/2015 8:59:40 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: SkyPilot
"What happens if there's a fire; if someone's giving birth — they can't get to that lock?" Lamonsoff said. “To me, it’s stupid.”

Not as stupid as your comment.

Giving birth in a BK restroom? And can't reach the lock on the door? Really?

67 posted on 12/12/2015 9:04:37 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: EBH

yes I said that in post 37. After initial assumptions I realized that had to be it.


68 posted on 12/13/2015 6:41:35 PM PST by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: visualops

Most bathroom stalls have doors high enough that a normal-sized person could slide under the door. Kids do it all the time much to their mother’s horror at the filth they’re sliding around in.


69 posted on 12/20/2015 1:07:19 PM PST by holyscroller ( Without God, America is one nation under)
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To: holyscroller

I figured she must have been on the large side-my husband could pull me out under the door in less than a minute if needed. Hoping there will never be a need!

We were out for pizza when my boys were barely old enough to use the restroom by themselves. They came back and said they couldn’t get the door unlocked so they just crawled out underneath. It was a single stall bathroom. My broad shouldered, barrel chested husband had to crawl back under to unlock it.


70 posted on 12/20/2015 2:30:36 PM PST by NorthstarMom (God says debt is a curse and children are a blessing, yet we apply for loans and prevent pregnancy.)
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To: SkyPilot

If that happened to her in her home: No wrongful death lawsuit. Ka-Ching!


71 posted on 12/20/2015 2:32:57 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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