Jury awards $800K in hot McNugget lawsuit, leaving girl severely burned

A Broward jury has awarded $800,000 in damages in a lawsuit where parents alleged that hot chicken McNuggets from a local McDonald's franchise left their 4-year-old daughter severely burned. The parents were seeking $15 million for the burn, but the jury deliberated for two hours and reached the $800,000 amount. The lawsuit found fault with both McDonald's and the franchisee for failure to warn about the foreseeable risks of harm. McDonald's argued that food safety rules require McNuggets to be hot enough, and what happens to a McNugget once it leaves the drive-thru window is beyond their control.