PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local McDonald’s franchisee will pay more than $4 million to the family of 14-year-old employee who was raped in the restaurant by the store manager.
That manager is a convicted sex offender.
It’s a very large settlement and attorney Alan Perer said he hopes it sends a message to McDonald’s restaurants across the country to provide a safe environment for its employees.
Perer announced the settlement at a news conference on Monday morning.
In a settlement, the owner of eight McDonald’s franchises Rice Enterprises, a limited liability corporation in Bethel Park, has agreed to pay $4.35 million to the family of the 14-year-old girl.
In the lawsuit, the family said that McDonald’s and its franchisee knew — of should have known — that Walter A. Garner, a 42-year-old manager, was a convicted sex offender when he raped the employee in the restaurant bathroom .