McDonald's, Fla. Man Settle $2M Suit Over "McSploding" Chicken Sandwich

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CBS/AP) A Florida man has settled his $2 million lawsuit against a McDonald's in southwest Virginia that allegedly served him a chicken sandwich that exploded with hot grease.

The long-running case began in 2005 when carnival operator Frank Sutton of Brooksville, Fla., ordered a fried chicken sandwich at a McDonald's in the Daniel Boone truck stop in Duffield, Va.

He said he suffered burns to his mouth and lips when it spewed scalding grease after he bit into it.

A judge dismissed the lawsuit in 2008, saying that Sutton should have tested the temperature of his sandwich before he ate it. But a federal appeals court disagreed and sent the case back for a second trial.

Terms of the settlement in the case of the "McSploding" sandwich were not disclosed.

The trial had been scheduled to start this week.