When she visited a coney island near her home, a 43-year-old Ypsilanti woman may have forgotten the tableside reminders of moms everywhere: Let it cool. Small bites.
Now she's suing because scorching corned beef hash burned her mouth, she says. John Counts has details at AnnArbor.com:
The suit, filed by Allysen M. Kauppinen on May 7, states that she came to Luca’s Coney Island in July 2010 and ordered eggs and corned beef hash. . . .
The eggs were of normal temperature, but the hash was too hot and severely burned Kauppinen’s mouth, forcing her to seek medical attention, the lawsuit alleges. . . .
Kauppinen, who is seeking more than $25,000 in damages, thinks the food was heated unnecessarily hot and that she should have been warned the food was dangerous, according to the suit.
Restaurant owner Mike Nuculaj calls the case "ridiculous," Counts writes.
“Corned beef hash has to come hot. Hot food is served hot, cold is served cold.”
