Ontario Woman Sues Tim Hortons for $500,000 Alleging ‘Superheated’ Tea Caused Second-Degree Burns

Cups of coffee sit on a counter in a Tim Hortons in Oakville, Ontario, in a file photo. Chris Young/The Canadian Press

Jackaline Lansing, a 73-year-old woman from the small town of Rosseau, Ontario, had no idea a simple stop at a coffee shop with her sister would send her to the hospital with second-degree burns and leave her permanently scarred.

Lansing has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against coffee chain Tim Hortons, alleging she suffered burns and permanent scarring on her stomach and legs from a cup of tea she ordered at the drive-through of a Tim Hortons restaurant in Huntsville, Ontario, on May 18, 2022.