Girl Awarded $800,000 From McDonald’s After She Was Burned By A Chicken Nugget – Delish, 2023/07/20
Back in 2019, the child’s mother, Philana Holmes, purchased Happy Meals for herself and her then four-year-old daughter, Olivia Caraballo. Upon receiving her drive-thru order, Holmes handed one of the meals to her daughter.
Shortly after, one of the McNuggets, which was said to be “unreasonably and dangerously” hot, became stuck in the child’s car seat and burned her leg, causing second-degree burns.
In May, a jury found that McDonald’s and the franchise owners were at fault for the incident. And this week, a jury was tasked with deciding how much they think the family should receive in damages. Of the $15 million the family asked for, they were granted $800,000 by the jury.
That’s around 5% of what was asked for, but the family is OK with that.
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