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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Why did they blur the pictures of the burn? Why bother showing the picture if it’s blurred out?
As if I needed YET ANOTHER reason to hate judges, lawyers and juries.
Yep, dangerous and awesome. You knew exactly what would happen if you bit into it without letting it cool down first. But you did it anyway.
Deep pockets get deep stabs.
Kill the lawyers…on the other hand, hitting the lottery like this is good too. $$$$
And now they will be rich!!!!!!👻👍🪓
OMG, this will cause millions of irresponsible moms to feed their children that junk.
Not that hot!!
Excellent
Why do I think DeSantis won’t be complaining about this, much less doing anything?
Why did the ‘mother’ give the little girl a hot nugget ???
I thought hot coffee or it was done at home
holy moley those things are scorchers-
Hello, they’re deep fried. Anybody who would hand one that’s fresh out of the grease to a child is an idiot.
“Philana Holmes be gettin’ her reparations from da MAN!”
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All that money, they’ll be dead in 6 months -
Yup... Sounds like bad parenting to me.
Need I say that if the plaintiff were white they wouldn’t have won the case .
“Just be glad it wasn’t an apple pie”
You cannot find a high res version of this very funny matrix spoof cause McDonald’s sued them for having a scene with a hot apple pie
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bEASB9A1xLQ&pp=ygULY29tcHV0ZXJib3k%3D&t=30
McDonald’s should serve all food at room temperature.
Another pathetic monetary award for people being stupid.
Can’t compute. Was the 4 yr old driving? If not, the mom did it, but that doesn’t matter, does it. Nor does the George Floyd overdose matter. The man must pay.
It’s good to be a negro these days. Easy street. A white mother would be scolded for bad parenting. What we have here goes WAY beyond the soft bigotry of low expectations.
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