McDonald's customers suing for $5M over unwanted Quarter Pounder cheese
Two McDonald's customers in Florida are suing the fast-food giant for a hefty sum of $5 million because they say they're being unfairly charged for cheese they don't want on their burgers.
Cynthia Kissner and Leonard Werner argue that hamburgers and cheeseburgers are different prices on the McDonald's menu, but when they order a Quarter Pounder without the extra dairy, they're still forced to pay the same amount.
According to the lawsuit, filed May 8 in Fort Lauderdale seeking class-action status, McDonald's used to sell four different Quarter Pounder options, two of which came without cheese and cost between 30 to 90 cents less, the Miami Herald reports.
But "at some point," the lawsuit claims, the restaurant stopped "separately displaying these products for purchase on menus, and currently lists the availability of Quarter Pounder with Cheese and Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese."