A nine-year-old girl, who was scalded when a customer spilled a cup of tea on her, has been awarded €14,000 in compensation for being burned by hot tea in Burger King by the Circuit Civil Court.
Jade Boylan of Arbour Hill, Dublin, was just seven and a half years of age when, in December 2011, a cup of hot tea was spilled onto her in the Burger King restaurant in the Omni Shopping Centre in Dublin by a customer who had bumped into her.
Jade was taken to the A&E Department of the Temple Street Children´s Hospital, where she was treated for a second degree burn to her left shoulder. Jade had her wound cleaned and dressed, and was prescribed antibiotics, but the swift medical treatment failed to prevent a permanent scar developing on her shoulder.
Through her father, Michael Boylan, Jade made a claim for being burned by hot tea in Burger King against the restaurant claiming that, in addition to her physical injuries, she also became nervous around a boiling kettle.
At the Civil Circuit Court, Mr Justice Matthew Deery was told that the restaurant had made an offer of €14,000 in compensation for being burned by hot tea in Burger King and the family had been advised to accept it. After hearing evidence from Jade´s father about her accident, the judge approved the settlement.