COMING AND GOING: An automatic door closing on someone could have been prevented if the branch had also installed sensors inside, the Shilin District Court said

Taipei Times
Date: May 05, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA

The Shilin District Court on Friday ordered McDonald’s Taiwan to pay NT$208,403 (US$6,743) in compensation to a visually impaired man after he was crushed by an automatic door at the fast-food chain’s Shih-Pai branch in Taipei in May 2015.

The man surnamed Wang (王) used his cane to make sure the door was open before he exited the branch, but the door closed on him just as he was passing through, the court said.

Wang demanded NT$3.21 million from McDonald’s for medical expenses, lost income and psychological damage.

However, the company said that although the door was equipped with infrared sensors on the outside, people who want to leave the restaurant need to press a button.
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