Burger King Sued For Dishonoring Free Meal-For-Life Promise

Burger King has been sued by a 50-year-old Oregon man over cancelling the promise of "free food for lifetime" offer made to the petitioner after he encountered an untoward situation at the outlet.

Curtis Brooner, 50, from Portland, Oregon, filed a lawsuit against Burger King asking for $9,026, an estimated money he would need to eat a Whooper meal worth $7.89 per day for next 22 years, as compensatory amount. Brooner was promised a free Whooper burger everyday by the manager of the outlet in Portland to compensate for the pain and humilation, Brooner went through after getting trapped inside the rest room of the outlet, reported the Oregonian.

Michael Fuller, Brooner’s attorney, estimated that Brooner’s could survive till he was 72, given Brooner’s eating habits.

ABC affiliated KATU 2 reported, Fuller said, “ We determined his life would last 72 years which is about 5 years less than average, based on his frequent consumption of cheese burgers”.

Brooner had visited the outlet Dec.15 and after using the rest room he found himself unable to come out of the restroom and ended up spending over an hour in the smelly, not so comfortable toilet. He also heard some of the employees and customers mocking him outside the toilet.

"It’s the kind of place where you hold your breath: Go in and get out of there as fast as you can,” Brooner told The Oregonian Dec.2, “That wasn’t an option for me.”

After getting the larger than life offer, Brooner almost regularly visited the outlet and enjoyed the free meal for almost the next 15 days. On Dec.28, when he again asked for the free meal, he was denied it by the outlet employee. The employee said the offer had been revoked by the “district management”. This prompted Brooner to file a lawsuit, though he could not enjoy the "free-for-life" offer even for a month.

The lawsuit further accused Burger King of being negligent for not fixing the rest room’s door. Describing the condition of the door, Brooner stated in the lawsuit, it “showed signs of damage caused by other people who had previously been locked inside the bathroom.”

“They created an unsafe environment,” Brooner said. “Someone could have had a medical situation. You could have had a fatality. You could have had a child locked in there, someone elderly. They are lucky it was me .”

Brooner and his attorney are quite hopeful that they would get the settlement in their favor. “I think we will reach a fair settlement. My client was presented with an offer, he accepted it and a deal was a deal,” Fuller reportedly said.