Jury Awards $800K to Girl Burned by McDonald's Chicken McNugget

A Florida jury has awarded $800,000 in damages to a 7-year-old girl who suffered a second-degree burn when a Chicken McNugget fell on her thigh at a McDonald's restaurant in 2019. The jury found McDonald's and the franchise operator, Upchurch Foods, liable for failing to provide reasonable instructions or warnings about the risks of injuries from a Chicken McNuggets meal. The awarded damages include $400,000 for the pain endured and an additional $400,000 for any future suffering resulting from the injury. The case drew comparisons to the famous 1992 lawsuit against McDonald's by a woman scalded by hot coffee.