A Burger King franchisee was ordered to pay almost $8 million to a customer who slipped in one of its restaurants and needed back surgery
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A Burger King franchisee was ordered to pay almost $8 million to a customer who slipped in one of its restaurants and needed back surgery.
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At a Florida restaurant, Richard Tulecki’s attorneys claim that he fell on a “wet foreign substance.”
A customer who claimed he fell in one of Burger King’s restaurants and needed back surgery was ordered to pay almost $8 million in damages.
According to his attorneys, Richard Tulecki, now 48, “slipped and fell on a wet foreign substance” near a restaurant’s restroom in Hollywood, Florida, in July 2019.
According to the lawsuit, he sustained “serious injuries” as a result of the fall.
According to the lawsuit, which was filed in January 2021, Seven Restaurants, a franchisee of Burger King, had violated its duty of care by putting customers in danger.
On May 11, a jury decided in Tulecki’s favor and awarded him $7.81 million in damages, including $3.35 million for lost earnings and approximately $700,000 for medical costs.
Due to Tulecki’s insurance covering his medical costs, the total award was reduced to $7.68 million.
According to a press release issued by the law firm representing Tulecki, Ginnis & Krathen, the slip resulted in lower back injuries that necessitated surgery.
These injuries were further complicated by a perforated colon that developed after the surgery.
In the lawsuit, his attorneys stated that he “has in the past and will in the future be obligated to pay large sums of money for doctor bills, hospital bills, and other expenses that are directly or indirectly related.”
Seven Cafés presented a movement for another preliminary on May 19, saying in legitimate filings that Tulecki’s legal counselors had introduced “basically no proof” the organization had known about the substance on the floor.
It added that Tulecki’s awards for earnings loss were “clearly excessive.”
Legal counselors for Tulecki and Seven Cafés didn’t promptly answer Insider’s solicitation for input, made beyond ordinary working hours.