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A Texas jury has ordered a restaurant chain to pay $2.8 million to a woman who sued after she was burned by barbecue sauce.
Genesis Monita, 19, sued Bill Miller Bar-BQ Enterprises in October 2023 after she was served a sauce that gave her a second-degree burn earlier in the year.
The incident took place in May 2023 when Monita ordered breakfast tacos with barbecue sauce from the restaurant, according to court documents. seen by FOX 26 Houston.
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A 19-year-old Texas woman who sued Bill Miller Bar-BQ for personal injury after suffering a second-degree burn 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 leg due to the heat of the container and suffered a second-degree burn.
The restaurant’s policy states that the sauce is at a minimum of 165 degrees when served, according to the lawsuit, and the sauce was allegedly at 189 degrees that day.
Genesis Monita, 19, suffered a second-degree burn after dropping barbecue sauce on her leg. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Monita was awarded a total of $2.8 million on Friday by a jury of six men and six women.
More than $25,000 was awarded to him for medical expenses resulting from his injury and $900,000 for past and future mental anguish, physical pain and impairment.
The restaurant franchise was found “grossly negligent” by the jury, awarding Monita $1.9 million in punitive damages.
The jury, made up of six men and six women, found that Bill Miller Bar-BQ had been “grossly negligent” in this case. (Spencer Weiner-Pool/Getty Images / Getty Images)
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Bill Miller Bar-BQ may appeal the decision, but nothing was filed as of Sunday, according to FOX 26.
The restaurant chain, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, was founded in 1953 and has 75 locations between the San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Austin areas.
