Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants, also known as the McDonald's coffee case and the hot coffee lawsuit, was a highly publicized 1994 product liability lawsuit in the United States against the restaurant corporation McDonald's. [1] A jury found McDonald's liable for injuries suffered by a customer who spilled hot cup of coffee on herself, and awarded her in excess of $2.8 million ($6.1 million ...
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Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants (1994) Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants (1994), known as the “hot coffee case,” was a product liability lawsuit where Stella Liebeck sued McDonald’s after suffering severe burns from coffee served at one of its New Mexico locations.
DAVID FOLKENFLIK, HOST: Thirty years ago today came the verdict in a trial about scalding coffee and a fast food giant that captivated and polarized the nation. Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants ...
The 1994 case of Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants, also known as the McDonald's coffee case, is a highly publicized product liability lawsuit in the United States. The case involved a 79-year-old woman, Stella Liebeck, who purchased a cup of coffee from a McDonald's drive-through and accidentally spilled it in her lap, causing third-degree burns. Liebeck sought to settle with McDonald's for ...
Liebeck offered to settle the case for $20,000, but the company refused. McDonald’s offered Liebeck only $800—which did not even cover her medical expenses. When the case went to trial, the jurors saw graphic photos of Liebeck’s burns. They heard experts testify about how hot coffee should be and that McDonald’s coffee was 30 to 40 degrees hotter than coffee served by other companies ...