Stella Liebeck was an ordinary woman who liked McDonald’s coffee. However, one afternoon in 1992, her fate would change her life: he would buy a coffee, he would face one of the most important chains in the world and he would win about 2.9 million dollars.
In Albuquerque, United States, a woman and her grandson went to McDonald’s to buy a coffee infusion.
The man, who was driving the car, stopped in the parking lot so she could add cream and sugar.
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With no cup holders, the woman decided to put the coffee between her legsseconds later the coffee tipped over, causing him to Third degree burns in 16% of his body.
SAY! HER! YAM! (Stella Liebeck, the “McDonald’s Coffee Lady” that you probably misremember & think Stella was making a $$ grab & that’s b/c you don’t know that the coffee was VERY ABOVE regulation temperature and the coffee BURNED HER VULVA FOR SEVERAL MINUTES , and it shows.) pic.twitter.com/IavNS2R7v9
—Michael Bevel (@BevelonBooks) February 20, 2020
The great trial and the millionaire compensation
According to US media, the court agreed with Liebeck because McDonald’s had most of the responsibility for serving such hot coffee.
However, there were those who mentioned that the problem was the woman putting the drink between her legs.
Stella Liebeck was born on December 12, 1912. She was known to be an independent and hard-working woman. In fact, after reaching her retirement age, she still continued to work full time and needed no assistance with anything. pic.twitter.com/iqSlCk7VGU
— ☆゚.*・。゚DANIELLA E.*・。゚ ☆゚ (@xdaniellae) June 23, 2021
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and although the judge decided to reduce the compensation requested by the womanthe sum was millionaire: 2.9 million dollars (just over 13 billion pesos currently).
Stella Liebeck he had to undergo several surgeries to treat the burns and put on several skin grafts. The woman died a decade after winning the lawsuit, which would soon become an example for the other demands. Some even pointed out that the woman was David himself against Goliath.
1992: Stella Liebeck spilled a scalding 49¢ cup of McDonald’s coffee on her lap, causing third-degree burns that required skin grafts.
A jury awarded her $2.9 million in damages. pic.twitter.com/Bjku1zk6Vj
—Bad Spit (@BadSpit) January 20, 2022
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