A Texas restaurant has been ordered to pay $2.8 million to a woman who was burned by BBQ sauce

A Texas judge has ordered restaurants to pay $2.8 million to a woman who filed a lawsuit after she was burned by a BBQ sauce.

Genesis Monita, 19, sued Bill Miller Bar-BQ Enterprises in October 2023 after being served the sauce that caused him to be burned for the second time earlier this year.

The incident occurred in May 2023 when Monita ordered breakfast tacos with barbecue sauce at the restaurant, according to court documents seen by FOX 26 Houston.

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After taking the sauce out of the bag, Monita dropped it on her leg due to the heat of the container and was burned a second time.

The restaurant’s policy is for the sauce to be at least 165 degrees when served, according to the lawsuit, and the sauce was reportedly 189 degrees that day.

Genesis Monita, 19, suffered a second burn after dropping barbecue sauce on his leg. (Getty Images / Getty Images)

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Monita was awarded a total of $2.8 million by a jury of six men and six women on Friday.

He was awarded more than $25,000 in medical expenses following his injuries and $900,000 was for past and future mental anguish, physical pain and disability.

The restaurant was found “grossly negligent” by the jury, awarding Monita $1.9 million in punitive damages.

The jury, made up of six men and six women, found that Bill Miller Bar-BQ was “grossly negligent” in the case. (Spencer Weiner-Pool/Getty Images/Getty)

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Bill Miller Bar-BQ may appeal the decision, but nothing has been filed as of Sunday, according to FOX 26.

The restaurant chain, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, was founded in 1953 and has 75 locations between the San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Austin locations.