A Kentucky motel has to pay $2M to the family of a man who died after a 150-degree shower

• A jury awarded $2 million to the family of a man who died from 150-degree shower burns at a Kentucky motel.
• Most adults will suffer third-degree burns if exposed to 150-degree water for even two seconds.
• The man sustained third-degree burns and died months after the incident.

A jury awarded more than $2 million to the family of a 76-year-old man who died after suffering severe burns from a 150-degree shower at a Kentucky motel.

According to local media outlets, the judgment, filed earlier this month, awarded Alex Chronis' estate $1.3 million to cover medical expenses, $250,000 for pain and suffering, $16,000 for funeral costs, and $500,000 for punitive damages.