A truck driver has recently settled a civil rights law suit against Burger King in northwestern Pennsylvania. Glenn Goodwin, 47, a black man, says that a white Burger King employee spit on his Whopper Jr. in 2008, The Associated Press reports.
Burger King's attorneys argued that there was no proof that there was spit in the burger or that the worker did so because of any racial prejudice if it did happen.
A state trooper who took Goodwin's complaint looked at the burger and said that he found saliva in the burger, however no one was charged because there wasn't any DNA testing done to see whose saliva it was.
Goodwin said the incident happened on Nov. 11, 2008 when he was on his way from a freight-hauling job. He said that a female Burger King employee made his sandwich and wrapped it then put it down the metal chute to another server to give to him. He claims that the male employee grabbed the sandwich and stood with his back to Goodwin with the manager as if he was trying to stop Goodwin from seeing something. He claims that the manager said "nice" as the worker handled the sandwich, the AP reports.
Burger King's request to dismiss the lawsuit in May was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Sean McLaughlin because he said it would be unfair to dismiss the lawsuit because the trooper was responsible for throwing away the burger, not Goodwin and that would have been a big piece of evidence in the trial, reported the AP.
McLaughlin also added, "a reasonable jury could conclude that Caucasian customers at the Burger King restaurant received satisfactory food service while Plaintiff, the only minority person in the restaurant, did not."
The terms of the settlement have been confidential. Goodwin's attorney said to The AP, "The case is resolved to the satisfaction of all parties. The terms of settlement are confidential. We are unable to comment further."
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