Girl’s brain damage to cost KFC €6.3m

The family of a young girl left severely brain-damaged from salmonella poisoning after eating a KFC chicken twister has been awarded A$8m (€6.3m) in damages plus costs by an Australian supreme court.

Monika Samaan, then aged 7, became seriously ill after eating the chicken wrap at the Villawood KFC in 2005, suffering brain damage that has left her confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak.

KFC denied it was responsible, challenging the family’s claim during a four-week trial at the NSW supreme court.