I don't remember all the details, saw some youtube thing about it years ago but for some reason McD serves their coffee extra hot and I still remember getting sandpaper tongue from drinking it before it cooled down during the 90s I get it. Anyways, she had to get skin grafts. She got a lawyer to try to get McD to pay for her medical expenses and they said "no, take us to trial" and the jury said "hey hey, fuck you." so instead for a few thousand dollars (under 50k?) it became over half a mill after punitive damages.
I think Burger King was sued for that but it was thrown out. I do know a lady won a lawsuit against McDonalds when she spilled hot coffee.
She got third-degree burns, it was that hot. It was then turned by mass media into farce but she was basically maimed (her crotch area, no less).
Ok. I remember that’s when they had the warning that the coffee was hot.
I don't remember all the details, saw some youtube thing about it years ago but for some reason McD serves their coffee extra hot and I still remember getting sandpaper tongue from drinking it before it cooled down during the 90s I get it. Anyways, she had to get skin grafts. She got a lawyer to try to get McD to pay for her medical expenses and they said "no, take us to trial" and the jury said "hey hey, fuck you." so instead for a few thousand dollars (under 50k?) it became over half a mill after punitive damages.