HONOLULU — A San Angelo woman has been awarded $5.6 million by a U.S. District Court jury in Hawaii in a lawsuit against a McDonald’s restaurant on Maui.
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She was injured Nov. 25, 2007, at the McDonald’s Dairy Road restaurant in Honolulu. Her attorney, Michael Cruise, said something had been spilled in the area where she slipped.
Munguia fell in a manner that caused a burst compression fracture of a vertebra in her lower back, Cruise said. He said the vertebra lost 90 percent of its thickness in the injury.
Cruise said Munguia underwent two surgeries but all they did was stabilize the injury. She is permanently disabled, suffers chronic pain and is confined to a wheelchair most of the time, he said.
Last week the U.S. District Court jury awarded Munguia $2.67 million in special damages for past and future medical expenses, lost wages and retirement benefits. The jury also awarded her $3 million in general damages for pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment of life.
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Munguia [omitted] sitting at a table waiting for their order when she got up to get drinks for everybody, according to trial records. When she stepped away from the table, her left foot slipped on something on the floor, causing her to fall.
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How the hell does a jury...a jury give 5 million dollars to someone who fell. No mention of fault was made in the article. Its not like McDonalds intently spilled french fry oil on the floor and put a hidden camera up. Anyone could have dropped something. A little kid could have spilled his coke. How is McDonalds responsible if you fall? Why would you sue McDonalds? What happened to just falling, and claiming it was an accident. If I ruled the world, frivolous lawsuits would get thrown out. And if you approached my bench with the intent to sue for something frivolous I would strip you of everything you own and give it to the defendant.
This is just ridiculous. I need to find another planet to live on.
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