VINELAND - A local man has sued a Dunkin store here, contending he was severely burned when an employee spilled his scalding coffee onto his lap.
Leonard Allen claims he suffered second-degree burns in the Aug. 25, 2020, incident at a doughnut shop on the 700 block of Chestnut Avenue.
But the store s operator, Vineland Donuts Inc., has denied liability and asserts its worker was not negligent.
A separate but similar suit against Wawa ended last year with a $3-million settlement for a young burn victim and her mother.
The Wawa suit alleged a clerk caused a cup of hot tea to spill onto a preschool girl at a convenience store in Neptune, Monmouth County. The child suffered second- and third-degree burns over her upper body in the April 2018 incident.
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