A Texas restaurant has been ordered to pay $2.8 million to a woman who was burned with barbecue sauce
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A Texas jury ordered the restaurant chain to pay the woman $2.8 million sued after being slathered with barbecue sauce.
Genesis Monita, 19, sued Bill Miller Bar-BQ Enterprises in October 2023 after she was given the sauce earlier in the year, causing second-degree burns.
According to court documents, the incident occurred in May 2023 when Monita ordered breakfast tacos with barbecue sauce from the restaurant. Seen by FOX 26 Houston.
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A 19-year-old Texas woman who sued Bill Miller Bar-B-Q for injuries after suffering second-degree burns from barbecue sauce has been awarded $2.8 million by a jury. (Bill Miller Bar-BQ / Facebook / Fox News)
After taking the sauce out of the bag, Monita dropped it on her foot due to how hot the container was and suffered a second degree burn.
The restaurant's policy, according to the lawsuit, states that the sauce was at least 165 degrees when it was served and that the sauce was 189 degrees that day.
Genesis Monita, 19, received second-degree burns after throwing barbecue sauce on her leg. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
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It was Monita He received a prize of 2.8 million dollars Friday by a jury of six men and six women.
Following his injury, he was awarded more than $25,000 in medical expenses and $900,000 for past and future mental anguish, physical pain and suffering.
The restaurant franchise was found by a jury to be “grossly negligent” and awarded Monita $1.9 million in punitive damages.
A jury of six men and six women found Bill Miller Bar-BQ “grossly negligent” in the case. (Spencer Weiner-Pool/Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Bill Miller Bar-BQ may appeal the decision, but none had been filed as of Sunday, according to FOX 26.
A chain of restaurants with headquarters San Antonio, Texas, It was founded in 1953 and has 75 locations in the San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Austin areas.
