KFC Must Pay $8.3M to Family of Brain-Damaged Girl.

• Cannibal wrote on 2012-04-29 17:23

  The family of a girl who was left brain-damaged after eating a chicken wrap at a KFC restaurant was awarded $8.35 million ($8 million Australian) today by an Australian court.
  
  Monika Samaan, then 7, and her family became ill from salmonella poisoning in 2005 after sharing a chicken wrap they purchased at a Sydney KFC. The girls’ parents and brother said they suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, but made a full recovery. Monika, however, spent months in a coma and is now confined to a wheel chair and unable to speak.
  
  The family’s attorney, George Vlahakis, praised the court’s decision and said Monika’s care had exhausted the family’s financial resources.
  
  “Monika is now a big girl and they are finding it increasingly difficult to lift her and to look after her basic needs as well as look after Monika’s younger siblings,” Vlahakis told the Sydney Morning Herald outside of court.
  
  In a statement posted on its website, KFC said it plans to appeal the case.
  
  “This is clearly a very tragic case but we are deeply disappointed and surprised by the judge’s decision,” Sally Glover, KFC Australia’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, said. ”We feel deeply for Monika and the Samaan family; however we also have a responsibility to defend KFC’s reputation as a provider of safe, high-quality food.”

  
  
  Source.
  
  It's pretty sad to think that eating chicken could give you permanent brain damage.
• Applejack wrote on 2012-04-29 17:57
  another reason to put on my list to never go to KFC.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2012-04-29 18:07
  I almost never eat there anyways myself.
• Sekwaf wrote on 2012-04-29 18:18
  Quite sad, but I'm not going to go and say that KFC is a horrible business because of this. Yes, they deserved to win the suit, as it was the fault of the restaurant, but an isolated incident like this doesn't mean it's a horrible and unsafe place to eat. Any place could accidentally undercook chicken, including people at home. Once again, I am by no means saying that they shouldn't have sued or won the case.
• Hatsunechan wrote on 2012-04-29 18:19
  I've actually gotten sick from eating KFC a few years ago... now I try to completely avoid it, but my dad still enjoys it so sometimes I'm forced to eat it -.-
• EndlessDreams wrote on 2012-04-29 18:27
  Lucky the rest of the family didn't fall into coma and get sick. Hopefully, the family will use that money to pay for the medical bills, and not go waste it. 8m is a lot of money... enough to last a lifetime or more unless you are a crazy spender.
  
  I still eat in KFC very often though. It really doesn't matter which restaurant you go to, all of them have a chance for that to happen.
  
  lol@high quality food
• Cannibal wrote on 2012-04-29 18:32
  You all also might want to take a look at this site, as well as read some articles about KFC's "green chicken".
• Nytachi wrote on 2012-04-29 18:34
  Black people are ready to riot.
• Lan wrote on 2012-04-29 18:37

  Quote from Nytachi;851537:

  Black people are ready to riot.

  
  
  Nope.
  
  Anyway there is a greater chance of getting sick eating home cooking than going out to eat :D (Read that awhile ago)
• Taycat wrote on 2012-04-29 19:15

  Quote from EndlessDreams;851532:

  Lucky the rest of the family didn't fall into coma and get sick. Hopefully, the family will use that money to pay for the medical bills, and not go waste it. 8m is a lot of money... enough to last a lifetime or more unless you are a crazy spender.
  
  I still eat in KFC very often though. It really doesn't matter which restaurant you go to, all of them have a chance for that to happen.
  
  lol@high quality food

  
  
  8M is a lot, but they will probably only get it in small increments as usual. So as not to spend it all I believe.
• Niuu wrote on 2012-04-29 19:17

  Quote from Sekwaf;851527:

  Quite sad, but I'm not going to go and say that KFC is a horrible business because of this. Yes, they deserved to win the suit, as it was the fault of the restaurant, but an isolated incident like this doesn't mean it's a horrible and unsafe place to eat. Any place could accidentally undercook chicken, including people at home. Once again, I am by no means saying that they shouldn't have sued or won the case.

  
  
  
  
  this ^
  Plus aniways why would you eat the damn badcooked chicked instead of returning it.
• Rin wrote on 2012-04-29 19:45
  That's a lot of money just for this disabled girl.
  
  Oh, well. Not like this will drive me away from KFC.
• Kayate wrote on 2012-04-29 19:46

  Quote from Hatsunechan;851529:

  I've actually gotten sick from eating KFC a few years ago... now I try to completely avoid it, but my dad still enjoys it so sometimes I'm forced to eat it -.-

  
  I gotten sick through it too
  
  Never touched KFC again.
• Bride wrote on 2012-04-30 01:26

  Quote from Rin;851581:

  That's a lot of money just for this disabled girl.
  
  Oh, well. Not like this will drive me away from KFC.

  
  that's what usually happens when people get the opportunity to sue
  
  :sigh:
  
  and I'm still going to get KFC. once in a while
• Cynic wrote on 2012-04-30 02:18
  Seeing as there is no price for an innocent human life, I'd say they got a somewhat decent amount.