A Florida jury has awarded $800,000 in damages in a lawsuit that alleged hot chicken McNuggets from a McDonald's left a young girl severely burned.
A Broward jury has awarded $800,000 in damages in a lawsuit that alleged hot chicken McNuggets from a local, finding fault with McDonald's and the franchise owner for the
burns then 4-year-old Olivia Caraballo suffered when she went to the Tamarac fast food restaurant back in 2019After hearing closing arguments Wednesday, a jury deliberated for just two hours over how much money the family should receive for the child's pain and suffering, and quickly reached the $800,000 amount.
Philana Holmes and Humberto Caraballo Estevez, the parents of Olivia Caraballo, sued the McDonald's Corporation and the franchisee Upchurch Foods, Incorporated, also known as Upchurch Management, claiming the girl suffered second-degree burns from the"unreasonably and dangerously" hot nuggets in her"Happy Meal."Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
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