Mable Childress has filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court alleging that she had “severe burns” from hot coffee that she had gotten at a drive-thru of a McDonald’s in San Francisco.
McDonald’s has also been sued for having coffee that was too hot in Canada. Lok Fung was burned in 2021 when an employee let go of the cup before Fung had a full grasp on it, spilling the coffee, and burning the left wrist and thigh, theIn that case, Stella Liebeck, 79, sued McDonald’s after she spilled a cup of coffee on her lap in 1992. She suffered third-degree burns over 16% of her body. In some areas, the burns were down to the muscle layer.
Her injuries caused her to be hospitalized for over a week and skin graphs. Her treatments lasted two years, theShe had offered to settle for $20,000 but McDonald’s refused, offering only $800. Eventually, Liebeck was awarded $200,000 in compensatory damages for pain, suffering and medical costs, with the amount decreased to $160,000 because she was 20% responsible for her injuries. but the jury added $2.7 million in punitive damages, with the trial judge lowering that amount to $480,000.
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