ORLANDO, Fla. — What began as a family dinner after church ended with a 6-year-old boy suffering second- and third-degree burns.
The family has sued Lam's Garden restaurant for the incident, which happened three years ago.
This week, a jury determined that it should cost the Chinese restaurant $1 million.
The mother's 6-year-old son left the restaurant by ambulance with severe burns after she said hot tea was placed on an unstable table.
"I don't want to see anything else happen to another child," said the mother, who did not want to be identified.
The mother said the waitress brought out a teapot, which was placed on a table with a lazy Susan on top.
"There was testimony that it was somewhere in the excess of 180 degrees," attorney John Fisher said.
The pot fell off the lazy Susan, burning the boy on his chest and legs.
The boy spent months at a Shriners Hospital in Ohio and will likely need more surgery as he grows.
A jury found Lam's Garden 100 percent negligent in the case, ordering it to pay nearly $1 million in damages.
During the trial, the mother said she heard two stories similar to hers.
The restaurant has paid out at least once before.
"There had been two prior incidents where hot tea had fallen off a lazy Susan and scalded children," Fisher said.
WFTV went to the restaurant to find out whether the problem had been fixed.
Restaurant employees had no comment.
The mother said she hopes the verdict will fix the problem at the restaurant.
"I just don't want to see any children hurt like my son, and I don't want to see any family go through what we had to go through," she said.
Lam's Garden can appeal the case, but a jury could order it to pay even more.
Terms of the settlement in the previous lawsuit are confidential.