Fayetteville - An Arkansas judge has allowed a lawsuit against McDonald's and others to continue over claims employees posted nude photographs on the Internet from a cellular phone lost there.

Washington County Circuit Judge Mary Ann Gunn denied a request by the fast-food chain Friday  to remove it from the lawsuit by Phillip and Tina Sherman. Though the nude photographs will remained sealed, Gunn denied a request by the Shermans to prevent releasing some information about them to defense lawyers.

The lawsuit by the Shermans claims that Phillip Sherman lost his phone at the Fayetteville restaurant on July 5. The phone contained nude photographs his wife sent him. Though employees promised to secure the phone until Phillip Sherman returned, the lawsuit claims his wife began receiving text messages from it. The photographs later made their way to a Web site. The lawsuit asks for more than $3 million in damages.



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