October 30, 2024
McDonald’s was sued on Tuesday by consumers in a proposed class action stemming from the E.coli outbreak linked to onions in the fast-food chain’s Quarter Pounders. Amanda McCray of Chicago and William Michael Kraft of Davie, Florida, said they experienced …
October 25, 2024
A Colorado man has filed what appears to be the first lawsuit against McDonald’s over an E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounder burgers that has killed one person and sickened nearly 50 others. The lawsuit, filed in Circuit Court …
August 29, 2023
A U.S. appeals court has revived claims that McDonald’s Corp violated federal antitrust law by requiring franchisees to agree not to hire away each other’s employees. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on Friday said the judge …
July 21, 2023
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida jury awarded $800,000 in damages to a little girl who received second-degree burns when a hot Chicken McNugget fell on her leg as her mother pulled away from the drive-thru of a …
May 9, 2023
The media entrepreneur Byron Allen has filed a second lawsuit against McDonald’s Corp MCD.N over the fast-food chain’s alleged refusal to advertise with Black-owned media. In a complaint filed last week in Los Angeles, Allen’s Entertainment Studios Networks Inc and …
March 2, 2023
A Delaware Court on Wednesday dismissed a shareholder lawsuit filed against McDonald’s Corp. and its board of directors, finding the plaintiffs did not show that the directors ignored red flags that demonstrated widespread sexual harassment was taking place. Court of …
January 26, 2023
WILMINGTON, Del. —Shareholders can sue McDonald Corp’s former global chief people officer for the damage they claim he caused to the restaurant chain by allegedly allowing a culture of sexual harassment to flourish, according to a groundbreaking legal ruling. The …
May 18, 2022
NEW YORK —Justin Chimienti thought the Big Mac he bought at McDonald’s and the Bourbon Bacon Cheeseburger he bought at Wendy’s would be as big and juicy as advertised. He says they were not, and now he is suing the …
April 22, 2022
McDonald’s Corp. on Friday defeated a union-backed organizing group’s challenge to a settlement with a U.S. labor agency over claims that the company helped franchisees across the country suppress workers’ demonstrations calling for higher wages. The U.S. Court of Appeals …
April 6, 2022
Former McDonald’s workers who alleged rampant sexual harassment at their Michigan restaurant have reached a $1.5 million settlement agreement with the restaurant’s former owner. The American Civil Liberties Union’s Women’s Rights Project, which helped represent the employees, announced the settlement …