‘Dangerously hot’: Woman says drive-thru gave her 189-degree barbecue sauce that spilled her in lap, causing second-degree burns

The Bill Miller Bar-B-Q restaurant where Genesis Monita claims she suffered second-degree burns from over-heated barbecue sauce (Google Maps).

The Bill Miller Bar-B-Q restaurant where Genesis Monita claims she suffered second-degree burns from overheated barbecue sauce (Google Maps).

A 19-year-old woman in Texas is suing a barbecue restaurant chain, alleging that the barbecue sauce on her breakfast taco was so hot that it caused her to suffer second-degree burns on her legs when she spilled her 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.

In a claim reminiscent of the 1992 lawsuit known as the “hot coffee” case, in which spilled coffee from the fast-food giant caused a 79-year-old woman to endure third-degree burns — and is often misunderstood as being frivolous — Monita asserts that the sauce used by the local food chain was “dangerously hot” when it fell in her lap and burned her leg.

Monita on the morning of May 19, 2023, was accompanied by her sister when she went to the Bill Miller BBQ in the 8800 bock of SW Loop 410 in San Antonio, Texas, local Fox affiliate KABB reported. The two ordered breakfast a total of four breakfast tacos from the restaurant drive-thru and, after getting their food, pulled into the establishment’s parking lot to eat.

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.

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