Florida Family Awarded $800K In Lawsuit Against McDonald’s After A Toddler Was Burned By Hot Chicken Nuggets

Florida Family Awarded $800K In Lawsuit Against McDonald’s After A Toddler Was Burned By Hot Chicken Nuggets

A Florida family has won a civil lawsuit against McDonald’s and one of its franchisees after their toddler suffered burns from hot chicken nuggets.

The Broward County jury awarded the family $800,000 in damages on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, according to CNN.

The jury found that the fast food chain and franchise owner did not give warning or guidance on how to avoid injury by the hot McNuggets that they ordered from a drive-thru in Tamarac, Fl.

 

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The hot Chicken McNugget fell on the toddler’s leg in 2019 as her mother pulled away from McDonald’s, the South Florida SunSentinel reports.

Lawyers for the family of Olivia Caraballo — who is 8 but was 4 at the time — sought $15 million in damages, according to CBS News. The jury took less than two hours to reach their verdict, per the outlet.

They assigned $400,000 in damages for the previous four years and an additional $400,000 for the future from McDonald’s USA and Upchurch Foods, its franchise operator.

“Now they ain’t finna make my sh*t fresh no more,” someone commented. “So basically I can just spill food on my lap if they ain’t warned me in advance and get $800k,” another person wrote.