Hiram Jimenez sustained burns in 2010 after hearing a loud sizzling noise and proceeded to knock the plate into his lap and injure himself pushing at the table
A man who burned himself while bowing his head in prayer over a sizzling skillet of steak fajitas at a New Jersey Applebee’s cannot sue for damages because the danger was “obvious”, a state appellate court ruled on Wednesday.
Hiram Jimenez sought to sue Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill after a 2010 incident at the chain restaurant’s Westampton location, when “he came in contact with a dangerous and hazardous condition, specifically, ‘a plate of hot food’,” according to court records.
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