Mother suing McDonald's after child is burned by hot chocolate
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Xeragel® (XSO-797) - $16.30Vicki LaRocco has filed a lawsuit against a McDonald's in Schiller Park, Illinois, claiming the restaurant served her child hot chocolate that was too hot for consumption, The Chicago Sun-Times reports.
LaRocco claims that, in April 2009, the fast-food chain served her daughter hot chocolate and that the temperature of the beverage was above the level suitable for consumption by children.She also suggests the workers failed to secure the lid tightly enough.
"Her 10-year-old daughter now has a serious scar resulting from a second- and third-degree burn," LaRocco's attorney Eric Krumdick told the news source.
She is seeking $50,000 to cover medical bills and also for pain and suffering that her daughter has endured.
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