US EditionTexas jury finds barbeque restaurant liable for 189-degree hot sauce burns
- A Texas jury found Bill Miller Bar-B-Q liable for serving 189-degree barbeque sauce that caused second-degree burns to Genesis Monita, who spilled it on her legs in May 2023.
- The jury ordered Bill Miller Bar-B-Q to pay $2.8 million for Monita's pain and suffering, including $1.9 million in punitive damages.
- Monita's attorney argued that the restaurant should have warned her about the sauce's temperature and used a safer container.
- The case has drawn comparisons to the 1992 McDonald's coffee lawsuit, highlighting issues of corporate responsibility and customer safety.
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Restaurant ordered to pay $2.8 million over 'dangerously hot' sauce
A restaurant chain was ordered by a jury on Friday to pay $2.8 million to a Texas woman after the woman sued the restaurant chain for serving her “dangerously hot” barbecue sauce that burned her when she dropped it on her leg. According to Fox 26, 19-year-old Genesis Monita sued Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises in October of 2023 over allegations that she had received a second-degree burn due to barbecue sauce that had been served at one of the c…
Texas jury finds barbeque restaurant liable for 189-degree hot sauce burns
Bill Miller Bar-B-Q, headquartered in San Antonio, TX, has been found liable for serving a customer 189-degree barbeque sauce causing second-degree burns when the woman spilled the sauce on her legs in May 2023. The jury ruled Miller must pay $2.8 million for the plaintiff’s pain and suffering. According to Genesis Monita, who was 18 and in high school, she ordered breakfast tacos from the San Antonio Miller Bar-B-Q location and then parked in t…
Woman Wins $2.8 Million In Lawsuit Over 'Dangerously Hot' Barbecue Sauce
barbecue sauce A Texas woman was awarded $2.8 million in a lawsuit she filed in which she alleged barbecue sauce on a breakfast taco she ordered was so hot that it caused second-degree burns on her legs when she dropped it. 19-year-old Genesis Monita won her lawsuit against Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises after being burned by the restaurants barbecue sauce on the morning of May 19, 2023. The incident reportedly occurred when she and her sister …
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