A jury awarded $2 million to the estate of a man who died months after being “scalded and severely burned” by water from a shower in his Kentucky motel room, according to a lawsuit.

The family of an elderly Tennessee man who died after he was burned by 150-degree water in a scalding-hot shower will receive a $2 million judgment in a wrongful death lawsuit.

The family of a 76-year-old Kentucky man was awarded over $2 million for his death from second- and third-degree burns suffered in a scalding hot motel shower where water temperatures reached at least 150 degrees Fahrenheit.

A Kentucky motel has been ordered to pay $2 million to the family of a 76-year-old Tennessee man who was scalded by his morning shower and died months later. According to court documents, food vendor Alex Chronis was scalded by 150-degree water when he turned on the shower at the Econo Lodge in Erlanger,