A Texas woman is suing McDonald’s after being leveled by a Sausage McMuffin with Egg she alleges was “wholly unfit for human consumption,” according to a lawsuit reviewed by The Independent.
In a civil complaint filed May 26 in Manhattan Supreme Court, Yvette Hinds describes the sandwich that took her out as having contained “contaminants, poisons, toxins, parasites, bacteria, germs and/or organisms which would and did cause various serious personal injuries.”
Upon finishing the McMuffin, Hinds became “violently ill and nauseated,” suffering “severe pains and distress throughout her body,” the complaint goes on.
Her “physical, nervous and mental systems were seriously and permanently injured by such contaminated food,” and Hinds was forced to endure “several operations, procedures and treatments” because of the tainted McMuffin, according to the complaint. It says she is no longer able to take care of her “customary duties” at home, and will “continue to be rendered unable” to do so from here on out.
“Solely as a direct consequence of the consumption of the food aforesaid, plaintiff Yvette Hinds was caused to incur great expense for medical care and treatment, and will continue to incur great expense for medical care and treatment in the future,” the complaint states.
In an email on Thursday, attorney Mark Shirian, who is representing Hinds, declined to comment or provide any further details about his client’s physical injuries.
McDonald’s and the franchisee in charge of the Midtown Manhattan location where Hinds purchased the McMuffin did not respond to requests for comment.
Hinds’s lawsuit can be traced back to May 25, 2023, when she bought a Sausage McMuffin with Egg at McDonald’s restaurant #18884, at 51st Street and Broadway in Manhattan, according to her complaint.
However, the complaint contends, the McMuffin was “not reasonably safe, good, sound, fit, proper, healthful, wholesome food, [and] free from contaminants,” but rather, “contaminated, tainted, poisonous, injurious and wholly unfit for human consumption.”
She soon became “dangerously ill and sick, and her entire body became infected and poisoned” by the McMuffin, through no fault of her own, the complaint alleges.
By serving Hinds the McMuffin, the complaint says McDonald’s “warranted and represented that same was reasonably safe, good, sound, fit, proper, healthful, wholesome food.” Hinds “had no knowledge that… such food was not fit for use as intended, to be consumed and eaten,” according to the complaint.
It goes on to accuse McDonald’s of “negligence and carelessness… in the preparation, service, furnishing, testing, handling, cleaning, inspecting, guarding, storage, warning, distribution, control and protecting said food.”
Last year, Staten Island, New York resident Louis Spitalieri sued McDonald’s after biting into a hamburger and allegedly coming away with a clump of hair and a shard of metal in his mouth.
Also last year, McDonald’s was sued after an errant slice of cheese on a Big Mac sent Charles Olsen, a music producer with a severe milk allergy, into anaphylactic shock and put him on the brink of respiratory failure.
“We’re just so grateful that Mr. Olsen is still with us,” Olsen’s attorney said at the time.
In February 2025, a Brooklyn pastor sued McDonald’s after eating a “rotten” Chicken McCrispy sandwich that left him in serious gastric distress for some six weeks, he said.
“I do believe that my faith saved me,” Irsaliev told The Independent. “As the Bible says, if you believe in God, not even poison is going to kill you.”
As for Hinds, she is demanding money damages from the McDonald’s Corporation and franchisee the 18884 Food Corporation, to be determined at trial, plus attorneys’ fees and court costs.
