Angelica Keller was on a Southwest flight to Houston last December when she ordered a cup of tea from the attendant.
Since she was in the front row, Keller, 43, did not have a drop-down tray, and spilled the steaming hot water on her lap.
Keller, a construction worker from Georgia, suffered second-degree burns and blisters, according to her attorney Rob Anderson, who filed an $800,000 negligence lawsuit against Southwest Airlines.