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Appeals court rules against man who sued McDonald’s for alleged foreign object in burger

By Martin Finucane

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 06, 2012

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today rejected an appeal by a man who sued McDonald’s, claiming he had hurt a tooth when he bit down on a foreign object in a hamburger. The major flaw in the man’s case: He was not able to find the object after he felt it in his mouth. Daniel L. Burns Jr. bought a double cheeseburger on Oct. 20, 2006, at a McDonald’s on Route 44 in Raynham and began to eat it as he drove. As he was entering Route 44, the court said, he narrowly avoided an accident and he pushed the remaining third of the burger into his mouth so he could grab the steering wheel.

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