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Michael Howie

Florida girl, 8, awarded $800,000 after McDonald’s chicken nugget left her with second-degree burns

An eight-year-old Florida girl has been awarded $800,000 (£618,000) in damages after she suffered second-degree burns from a McDonald’s chicken nugget.

A jury in Fort Lauderdale decided on the award after the fast food giant and a franchise holder was found to be at fault for the scalding hot nugget that burned Olivia Caraballo’s leg after she opened a Happy Meal in a car. The little girl was four at the time of the incident.

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