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Civil Litigation

Mar. 21, 2019

Jury awards $6.5 million verdict for baby burned by hot coffee at resort

A San Diego County jury awarded nearly $6.5 million to the family of an infant burned at a Carlsbad resort in 2016.

Jury awards $6.5 million verdict for baby burned by hot coffee at resort
John Gomez

A San Diego County jury awarded nearly $6.5 million to the family of an infant burned at a Carlsbad resort in 2016.

Then-9-month-old Hadley DeRuyver and her family were staying at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad when a waiter placed a pot of hot coffee within the child's reach, the family's attorneys, Gomez Trial Attorneys, said in a Wednesday statement. DeRuyver suffered third degree burns, has since required multiple ...

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