Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants - Wikipedia
WEBThe plaintiff, Stella Liebeck (1912–2004), [2] a 79-year-old woman, purchased hot coffee from a McDonald's restaurant, accidentally spilled it in her lap, and suffered third-degree burns in her pelvic region.
Liebeck v. McDonald’s - The American Museum of Tort Law
WEBStella Liebeck, the 79-year-old woman who was severely burned by McDonald’s coffee that she spilled in her lap in 1992, was unfairly held up as an example of frivolous litigation in the public eye. But the facts of the case tell a very different story.
What Really Happened Behind the Hot Coffee Lawsuit - Reader's Digest
WEBSep 25, 2019 · An elderly woman is burned when she spills a cup of hot coffee on her lap. She sues her way to a $2.7 million jury-awarded jackpot. The next burn comes from the media, and her life is...
Not Just a Hot Cup Anymore - The New York Times
WEBOct. 21, 2013. More than 20 years ago, 79-year-old Stella Liebeck ordered coffee at a McDonald’s drive-through in Albuquerque, N.M. She spilled the coffee, was burned, and one year later,...
The Truth Behind the Infamous McDonald’s Coffee Lawsuit
WEBIn the process, she spilled the entire cup of coffee on her lap. Liebeck was wearing cotton sweatpants; they absorbed the coffee and held it against her skin, scalding her thighs, buttocks, and groin. Liebeck originally asked McDonalds …
What a lot of people get wrong about the infamous 1994 …
WEBDec 16, 2016 · Stella Liebeck was a 79-year-old woman in Albuquerque, New Mexico, whose grandson drove her to McDonald’s in 1992. She was in a parked car when the coffee spilled. Liebeck acknowledged that the...
The Verdict: How the Hot Coffee Lawsuit Led to Tort Reform
WEBSep 10, 2020 · As she did so, the entire cup of coffee spilled on her lap. The cotton pants she was wearing absorbed the hot liquid and held it against her skin. The 180-190° coffee scalded her thighs, buttocks, and groin.
Do You Know the Full Story Behind the Infamous McDonald’s Coffee …
WEBJan 25, 2011 · Stella Liebeck made national headlines in 1992 when she sued McDonald’s after spilling a scalding cup of hot coffee on her lap. The lawsuit had the whole country talking.
Legal Myths: The McDonald's "Hot Coffee" Case - Public Citizen
WEBDuring trial, McDonald’s admitted that it had known about the risk of serious burns from its coffee for more than 10 years. From 1982 to 1992, McDonald’s received more than 700 reports of burns from scalding coffee; some of the injured were children and infants.
The McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case — The Facts Behind the Case
WEBApr 21, 2016 · In 1992, Stella Liebeck, who was 79 years old at the time, spilled an entire cup of McDonald’s coffee in her lap and received third-degree burns on 16 percent of her body. Most of us remember the case, which became a cornerstone for tort reform efforts and the butt of jokes on late night television.
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