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When McDonald's refused, Liebeck's attorney filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, accusing McDonald's of gross negligence. Liebeck's attorneys argued that, at 180–190 °F (82–88 °C), McDonald's coffee was defective, and more likely to cause serious injury than coffee served at any other establishment.
McDonald's is a well-known product liability lawsuit that became a flash point in the debate in the U.S. over tort reform after a jury awarded $2.9 million to Stella Liebeck, a 79-year-old woman from Albuquerque, New Mexico, who sued McDonald's after she suffered third-degree burns from hot coffee that was spilled on her at one of the company's ...
McDonald's then appealed to the Kentucky Supreme Court. While its petition was pending in 2010, Ogborn settled with McDonald's for $1.1 million and abandoned her claim for punitive damages. [34] After the court decisions, McDonald's revised its manager-training program to emphasize awareness of scam phone calls and protection of employees ...
The lawsuit, which seeks more than $50,000 in damages, claims McDonald's was negligent in its handling and care of the food. Shares pared gains after news of the lawsuit and were last up 0.5%.
A video shared on Instagram claims McDonald’s purportedly offered Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. $850 million in “hush money.” Verdict: False Neither McDonald’s nor Kennedy, Jr. have publicly ...
McDonald's Corporation v Steel & Morris [1997] EWHC 366 (QB), known as "the McLibel case", was an English lawsuit for libel filed by McDonald's Corporation against environmental activists Helen Steel and David Morris (often referred to as "The McLibel Two") over a factsheet critical of the company.
Chick-fil-A's Steak Filet Sandwich (2012) Chick-fil-A suspiciously announced their first-ever foray into the beef market, the steak filet sandwich, on April 1, 2012.
Hot Coffee discusses several cases and relates each to tort reform in the United States: . Liebeck v. McDonald's Rests., No. CV-93-02419, 1995 WL 360309 (N.M. 2d Jud. Dist. Aug. 18, 1994) (judgment awarding Liebeck $2.86 million in "hot coffee" case), vacated, 1994 WL 16777704 (Nov. 28, 1994): how tort cases are publicized to instigate tort reform.