The Bill Miller Bar-B-Q restaurant where Genesis Monita claims she suffered second-degree burns from overheated barbecue sauce (Google Maps).
A young woman, 19 years old, from Texas is taking legal action against a barbecue restaurant chain. She claims that the barbecue sauce on her breakfast taco was so hot that it caused second-degree burns on her legs when she accidentally spilled the food in her lap.
Genesis Monita was in court this week as she seeks more than $1 million in damages from Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises over her alleged injuries.
This incident brings to mind the infamous 1992 “hot coffee” lawsuit, where a 79-year-old woman suffered third-degree burns from spilled coffee bought from a popular fast-food chain. Although often misinterpreted as a trivial case, the woman, Monita, argues that the sauce from the local food chain was extremely hot, leading to her lap burn.
According to a report by the local Fox affiliate KABB, Monita visited the Bill Miller BBQ in San Antonio, Texas, on May 19, 2023, accompanied by her sister. After ordering four breakfast tacos from the drive-thru, they parked at the restaurant to consume their food, which ultimately resulted in the unfortunate accident.
As Monita began to eat, she reportedly claims she took out a container of the barbecue sauce, but it was so hot that she dropped the container, spilling the barbecue sauce onto the upper portion of her right thigh and causing her to suffer second-degree burns.
