A woman claims that she and a young girl who went to a Taco Bell in Dallas, Texas, were left feeling like they were 'burning from the inside out' after a store manager allegedly covered them in boiling water.
were left feeling like they were "burning from the inside out" after a store manager allegedly covered them in boiling water.
"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 complaint states. "The store they believed would be [a] place of service and safety quickly turned into [a] place of horrors." It was at this point, the complaint states, that the manager, who they claim was not involved in the situation until this point, "came from behind the counter with scalding bucket of water and poured it onto C.T. and Brittany." The two customers immediately tried to flee, they claim, but the locked door made it difficult to do so. Eventually, they got out and got into a car, and family members took them to a local emergency room.
By the time she reached the burn unit, the complaint claims, Brittany had at least ten seizures. Her injuries allegedly include "deep burns on her chest and stomach with significant damage to her brain function due to the seizures causing her to lose some of her memory." C.T.