COFFE DRINKER SUES BURGER KING

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- A Kissimmee woman wants Burger King Corp. to pay her medical bills and compensate her for pain and suffering after she was burned by a cup of coffee.

Amanda Ober

Yoliara Ramos, 18, said she ordered five cups of coffee at the drive-through at the Burger King on Cypress Parkway in Poinciana last week and that when the employee placed the coffees in a tray, she wedged the fifth cup in the middle of the carrier, in between the other four.Ramos said the coffee spilled in her lap, causing second- and third-degree burns on her thighs because the tray was unstable."I started screaming and I dropped all the other ones trying to get out of the car cuz I was sitting on the hot coffee," said Ramos.According to a civil suit filed by Ramos's attorney William McBride, the coffee burned through Ramos' skin to muscle. Ramos, who said she is at home and confined to her bed with bandages and pain medication, also wants to be compensated for missed work and the possible loss of her college scholarship because of time missed at school."We are not seeking anything that is frivolous," said McBride. "We just want to make sure that this young lady receives all the medical attention she needs, all the future medical treatment.""I just want them to know what they did was not correct and they need to learn from there mistakes," said Ramos.Officials at Burger King's corporate headquarters said at this point, they cannot comment on the lawsuit filed by Ramos because Burger King has not yet been served.