Taco Bell is facing a new lawsuit after their employee at a Texas restaurant dumped a bucket of boiling hot water on a woman and teenager niece.
The entire incident was caught on surveillance cameras back on June 17 in northeastern Dallas.
Dallas Taco Bell manager allegedly hurled a pitcher of boiling water at Brittany Davis and her niece C.T following an incorrect order dispute resulting in a $1 million lawsuit. The boiling water reportedly did permanent skin damage. It allegedly scarred the women according to the lawsuit.
Here’s what the complaint contends:
“Due to the scalding water that remained in their clothes against their bodies, C.T. and Brittany felt like they were ‘burning from the inside out. The store they believed would be [a] place of service and safety quickly turned into [a] place of horrors.”
The 16-year-old C.T. said in her lawsuit that her facial injuries were so severe that her mother, Kira, has been forced to remove all mirrors from their home because her daughter can’t “bear to see her own face.”
Security camera footage (you can watch it at the end of the article) captured the incident and gave insight into what took place. It shows that the conflict likely escalated as the plaintiffs moved to step behind the counter and into the restaurant kitchen. Minutes later, a woman on the phone is seen throwing water at them.
Davis and C.T. had to go through the drive-through three times to acquire the right order, but Taco Bell employees wouldn’t change it. According to the lawsuit, a staff member then let them into the locked dining area and shut the door behind them. After 10 minutes of discussion about Davis’ and the girl’s order, Taco Bell staff allegedly “became combative.”
From there, the conflict intensified. The plaintiffs say that they have 2nd and 3rd-degree burns as a result and that the water was thrown at their faces and chests.
The lawsuit was filed on July 13 and high-profile civil rights lawyers, Ben Crump and Paul Grinke are representing the two women. Crump is best known for his representation of George Floyd’s family.
Paul Grinke, one of the plaintiff lawyers, told NBC News ‘It is hard to imagine a scenario where it would be OK to pour scalding water all over a female minor.’
Plaintiff attorney Ben Crump took to social media to post a video of the incident.
Taco Bell responded, ‘We take the safety and wellbeing of team members and customers seriously. Taco Bell is in contact with the franchise owner and operator of this restaurant on this matter.’
A recently released video shows a Taco Bell employee in Dallas, TX, throwing scalding hot water on Brittany Davis and a minor. When they fled the store, another employee flashes a firearm! pic.twitter.com/blE5KZPd9s
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) July 23, 2022
Watch it here (Security camera footage): WFAA/Youtube
No one has been arrested yet but the case has been referred to a grand jury by the Dallas Police Department.
Sources: 100percentfedup, Daily Mail, NBC
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