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Texas man sues Whataburger for nearly $1 million after burger had onions on it (www.kens5.com)

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HOUSTON — A Houston man is suing Whataburger for nearly $1 million after he says his burger had onions on it.

Turns out he had asked for a no-onions order.

On July 24, 2024, Demery Ardell Wilson had an allergic reaction after eating a burger that had onions on it at Whataburger, court documents say. He alleges that he requested the fast-food chain to take them off before serving him the burger.

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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

That doesn't really sound like an argument that it's frivolous, it sounds like an argument about why the company shouldn't need to pay much. What if the onions weren't obvious? I don't know if they put their onions in a sauce, in the bun or something else.

It's entirely plausible that lifting the bun would have revealed the onions, even most likely. I wouldn't, however, say that the concept of difficult to spot onions is so unreasonable as to say the case is frivolous.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I would call it "frivolous" when the primary purpose of a case seems to be for two teams of lawyers to generate billable hours for eachother.