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Why Did McDonald’s Lose The Hot Coffee Lawsuit?

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The jury awarded Liebeck $200,000 in compensatory damages — reduced to $160,000 because the jury found her 20 percent at fault — and $2.7 million in punitive damages for McDonald’s callous conduct. (To put this in perspective, McDonald’s revenue from coffee sales alone is in excess of $1.3 million a day.) What happened to the … Read more

How Hot Was The McDonald’s Coffee That Burned The Lady?

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Liebeck was wearing cotton sweatpants; they absorbed the coffee and held it against her skin, scalding her thighs, buttocks, and groin. The coffee was heated to somewhere between 180 to 190 degrees Thus begain the story of the infamous mcdonald‘s hot coffee case. What temp was the coffee in the McDonald’s lawsuit? Here is some … Read more