Posted on 07/19/2023 6:43:35 PM PDT by algore
A Florida court awarded a mother $800,000 from McDonald's after her daughter received second-degree burns from a piping hot McNugget that fell on her lap in 2019.
The jury reached the verdict after less than two hours of deliberation Wednesday afternoon. They allotted $400,000 in damages for the past four years, and $400,000 for the future.
The family's attorney had asked for an award of $15million.
The mother of the child, Philana Holmes, said she was happy that the court had been receptive to her daughter's story, adding she felt the jury's award was fair.
'I’m happy with that. I honestly had no expectations, so this is more than fair for me,' she told reporters outside the courtroom.
Holmes testified her daughter Olivia, now eight years old, calls the scar on her inner thigh her 'nugget' and hopes to get it removed.
John Fischer, an attorney for the family, argued Olivia Caraballo deserved $5million in damages for the last four years, and an additional $10million to cover the next 74 years - the duration of her estimated life.
'When we walk out of those doors, that’s it. We don’t get to come back and say let’s check on Olivia in five years, let’s check on her in 10 years… you have to do it now or you can never do it again,' he said during closing arguments.
Attorney's for the large fast-food chain argued Olivia's pain and discomfort ended when her wound healed, which they argued took three weeks. They said $156,000 would be sufficient to cover future costs
'She’s still going to McDonalds, she still asks to go to McDonald’s, she’s still driving through the drive-through with her mom, getting chicken nuggets. She’s not bothered by the injury. This is all the mom,' said defense attorney Jennifer Miller.
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Just be glad it wasn’t an apple pie.
Philana Holmes be gettin’ her reparations from da MAN!
What’s with black women suddenly dying half of their hair blonde?
Heck, it already is. The most surprising thing about this article was the existence of a hot McNugget!
As Dick the Butcher so aptly stated in Shakespeare's "Henry The VI" " The first thing we do...".
I thought it was Hotspur!
“Just be glad it wasn’t an apple pie.”
I burnt the roof of my mouth on one decades ago. Tried to relieve the pain with a hot coffee.
Twofer shut be worth?
absolutely....mommy did it...
Cold fries could get someone shot.
A similar incident like this involving a chicken nugget happened several months back as I recall.
Kind of like people who say to apply a acid (vinegar) to a sunburn to relieve pain.
No kidding! Those were dangerous.
That right there is one of them major cash awards.
No, it was Dick
Blonde is not a natural hair color for the Negro race. Neither is straight hair. It's called
cultural appropriation. The reverse is true too. White girls should not be sporting
Negro rope locks.
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