Texas Woman Files Lawsuit Over Life-changing Mcmuffin Experience

WHO:

USA Today - Yvette Hinds, a Texas resident, is the plaintiff in the lawsuit against McDonald's.

USA Today - Paul Goodman is identified as the owner-operator of McDonald's.

WHAT:

USA Today - Hinds is suing McDonald's over a Sausage Egg McMuffin that she claims left her “violently ill” and permanently “unable to perform work as she was accustomed to do.”

USA Today - The lawsuit was filed in New York’s Supreme Court on May 26.

USA Today - Hinds alleges that she “became violently ill and nauseated, and suffered severe pains and distress throughout her body” after consuming the McMuffin.

USA Today - The lawsuit claims that Hinds continues to suffer “intense and severe pain in her entire body” three years after the incident.

WHERE:

USA Today - The incident occurred at a McDonald's located in Times Square, New York City.

WHEN:

USA Today - The Sausage Egg McMuffin was consumed in 2023.

USA Today - The lawsuit was filed on May 26.

WHY:

USA Today - Hinds claims the food was “not fit for human consumption” and alleges negligence and carelessness on the part of McDonald's and its employees.

USA Today - The lawsuit includes potential causes such as “injurious substances, contaminants, poisons, toxins, parasites, bacteria, germs and/or organisms.”

HOW:

USA Today - The case was elevated to New York’s Supreme Court due to the high costs of damages claimed by Hinds, which “exceed the jurisdictional limits of all lower courts.”

(UPDATED June 19, 2026 12:22 UTC)

Yvette Hinds, a Texas resident, is suing McDonald's after claiming that a Sausage Egg McMuffin left her “violently ill” and unable to work as she used to. The lawsuit, filed in New York’s Supreme Court on May 26, alleges that Hinds continues to suffer severe pain and distress three years after consuming the McMuffin at a Times Square location in New York City. Hinds accuses McDonald's and its employees of negligence, asserting that the food was “not fit for human consumption” and includes claims of harmful substances.