Delaware mom wins $1.5M from KFC over breastmilk breaks

A Delaware mom and former Kentucky Fried Chicken employee just got some tasty news: not related to their fried food products, but a $1.5 million verdict in her favor due to managers at a Wilmington, Delaware-area location franchise obstructing her from pumping breast milk for her newborn son.

Autumn Lampkins, a mother from Wyoming, Delaware filed a lawsuit against KFC claiming that the brand discriminated against her for being a mother.

A jury agreed, handing down a verdict of $25,000 in compensatory damages and $1.5 million in punitive damages on Feb. 8, the Delaware News Journal reported.

Yum! Brands, which owns KFC, along with Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the verdict. The defendant in this lawsuit, franchise owner Mitra QSR LLC of Texas, could not be reached for comment.

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