McDonald’s found liable for girl’s burns from chicken nuggets. Next up: Jury to determine how much company will pay – By Rafael Olmeda (Sun Sentinel) / May 11, 2023
McDonald’s is to blame for not warning customers about the dangers of its overheated Chicken McNuggets, one of which fell on a little girl’s lap and left her with second-degree burns on her upper thigh in 2019, a Broward jury ruled Thursday.
A second jury will be empaneled to decide just how much McDonald’s and its franchise operator will be ordered to pay.
The jury’s decision came after two days of testimony and arguments about what happened to a 4-year-old girl in August 2019 and who was responsible. The girl’s mother, Philana Holmes, testified that she bought Happy Meals for her son and daughter at a Tamarac McDonald’s, receiving no warning that the food might be unusually hot. After receiving the food from the drive-thru window, Holmes said she handed the food to her daughter and son in the back seat and drove away.
