FILE - An Arbys restaurant is pictured in a file image. (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) A Texas family is suing Arby's for negligence and wrongful death after their matriarch, an employee, died inside a freezer at a Louisiana restaurant.The New Iberia Police Department said a female victim, later identified as Nguyet Le, 63, was found dead inside a walk-in freezer at an Arby's location on East Admiral Doyle Drive.
A lawsuit filed Thursday by Le's four children in the district court of Harris County, Texas, alleges she died because of a faulty freezer door latch – and that the store's franchise operators knew about the problem and neglected to fix it.Court documents state that Le was employed by Turbo Restaurants, a subsidiary of Sun Holding Inc., which operates more than 1,000 franchises like Arby's and Burger King across 12 states.
The company claims to be the second-largest franchisee organization in the United States.Le worked as a general manager at an Arby's in Houston.
The lawsuit states she was temporarily reassigned in February to oversee the New Iberia restaurant, more than 230 miles away.FILE - Exterior view of an Arbys restaurant on Oct.