The Des Moines (Iowa) Register was cited as reporting Friday that Joshua Douglas, a Charles City, Iowa, police officer is, in a civil lawsuit filed in May, seeking an apology from McDonald’s Corp. after two teenage employees allegedly spit in his chicken sandwich. He included photographs with the court documents.

Douglas’s attorney, Joel Yunek of Mason City, Iowa, was quoted as saying, "There was some serious phlegm here. He’s kind of got the willies with fast-food now. It’s probably not worth a lot but it’s certainly worth something and definitely worth an apology."