A Hawaii-based infantryman announces he got something dangerous with his burger, fries and soda when he ordered a Burger King price meal.

Armed forces Staff Sgt. Clark Bartholomew claims he was wounded by needles when he bit into a Triple Stacker on Dec. 1 from a Burger King located on Schofield Barracks, a stretching Army base in central Oahu.

According to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Honolulu this week, Bartholomew took the food home with him and while downing the hamburger, he bit into the needle that cut his tongue and made him bleed. He was hospitalised and put on bed rest for 6 days after another needle was discovered lodged in his small intestines.

The court action said Bartholomew suffered "severe physical injury, including wounds to his stomach, anus and tongue" because of Burger King's neglectfulness. He also suffered "anxiety, fear, sleep deficiency, intense distress and lost wages."

Bartholomew's Haleiwa lawyer, Paul Saccoccio, claimed Friday that the soldier joined the army after retiring from the Pentagon Police Office in 2007. Bartholomew was outside of the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

"He saw the airplane hit and he was there during the complete ordeal," Saccoccio said. "He served the US. He's a humble guy. He sadly is placed in a situation where he has to seek justice in the courts."

A manager at a the Kolekole Avenue franchise where Bartholomew bought the worth meal made no comment Friday, and a speaker for Miami-based Burger King Corp. Asserted he could not straight away comment.

The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, which owns the restaurant, is aware of the complaint and reviewing the matter, speaker Judd Anstey expounded. The exchange operates more than Three thousand stores, restaurants and services on military installations nationwide and abroad.

The exchange is not an accused in the lawsuit because Bartholomew is awaiting the outcome of his executive claim with the governing body, according to a communication by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, which reported on the lawsuit Friday.

Bartholomew's spouse, Tanya, and young child, Aric, are also listed as complainants in the complaint. The suit said they experienced the "grievous injury from eating the hamburger containing needles."

The lawsuit notes there have been prior injuries from foreign things, including needles, in Burger King's hamburgers.
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