A Myrtle Beach area Chipotle made a SC woman sick, lawsuit says. Here’s what allegedly happened

A Horry County woman is suing Chipotle Mexican Grill of Colorado LLC for a maximum amount of nearly $75,000 after food from a Myrtle Beach-area location allegedly made her “violently ill.”

Horry County resident Erica Quick became ill after consuming an order of beef brisket, brown rice and pinto beans from a Chipotle restaurant “located near Myrtle Beach,” according to a personal injury lawsuit filed on her behalf on March 7 in the Common Pleas Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court. An attempt to reach Quick’s attorney was unsuccessful on Monday.

The specific restaurant was not named in the suit, but the area features four Chipotle restaurant locations: two in Myrtle Beach, one in Conway and one in North Myrtle Beach.

“Immediately upon eating it, Plaintiff became violently ill, went into sepsis shock and went to Waccamaw Hospital where she was treated on September 18, 2024 and September 19, 2024,” the suit says.

Quick allegedly required intensive treatment for gastroenteritis from food poisoning after the restaurant sold her dangerous food in a defective condition.

According to the lawsuit, Chipotle Mexican Grill of Colorado LLC was negligent, reckless and willful in one or more of the following ways:

• Selling food that was adulterated, contaminated, out-of-date and/or unsafe for human consumption

• Failing to ensure that food was in safe condition, kept properly refrigerated and/or kept according to health guidelines

• Failing to take reasonable skill and care, use food safety precautions, use food product safety standards and/or warn Quick that the food was dangerous

In addition to injury, pain, medical expenses, loss of enjoyment and time lost from work, Quick continues to have occasional stomach pains and will likely require additional medical care in the future, the suit says.

For actual and punitive damages, Quick is seeking a maximum of $74,499.99. The Sun News was unable to reach Chipotle Mexican Grill of Colorado LLC for comment before publication.