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Leyland Cecco

Canada woman sues Tim Hortons after ‘superheated’ tea caused ‘horrific’ burns

Canadian fast food chain Tim Hortons.
The Canadian fast-food chain Tim Hortons. Photograph: Fraser Gray/Rex/Shutterstock

An Ontario woman and her family are suing Canada’s best-known coffee chain for C$500,000 ($366,000), alleging Tim Hortons served her “superheated” tea in a defective cup that left her with “horrific” burns on her body.

Jackie Lansing, 73, ordered a black tea while at a drive-through in southern Ontario last year.

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