A Texas restaurant has been ordered to pay a woman who was burned with BBQ sauce $2.8 million


A Texas judge ordered the restaurant to pay $2.8 million to the woman prosecuted grilled with BBQ sauce.

Genesis Monita, 19, sued Bill Miller Bar-BQ Enterprises in October 2023 after they gave him a soup that gave him second-degree heat earlier in the year.

The incident occurred in May 2023 when Monita ordered breakfast tacos and 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 injuries after being burned by barbeque sauce has been awarded $2.8 million by a jury. (Bill Miller Bar-BQ / Facebook / Fox News)

After taking the soup out of the bag, Monita dropped it on her leg because of the heat of the container and it caught a little fire.

The restaurant’s policy says the soup should be at least 165 degrees when served, according to the lawsuit, and the soup was said to be 189 degrees that day.

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Genesis Monita, 19, suffered minor burns after spilling barbeque sauce on his leg. (Getty Images/Getty)

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The monitor was he received $2.8 million a total of six male and five female judges on Friday.

More than $25,000 was awarded to him for medical expenses after his injuries and $900,000 was for past and future mental anguish, physical pain and disability.

The restaurant was found to be “grossly negligent” by the jury, awarding Monita $1.9 million in damages.

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The jury, which consisted of six men and six women, found Bill Miller Bar-BQ to be “grossly negligent” in the case. (Spencer Weiner-Pool/Getty Images/Getty Images)

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Bill Miller Bar-BQ may appeal the decision, but nothing has been done as of Sunday, according to FOX 26.

The restaurant, which is located in their headquarters San Antonio, Texas, was founded in 1953 and has 75 locations in the San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Austin areas.


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