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
The jury found that McDonald’s was 80 percent responsible for the incident. They awarded Liebeck $200,000 in compensatory damages to cover medical expenses, and $2.7 million (equivalent to $5,000,000 in 2021) in punitive damages , the equivalent of two days of McDonald’s coffee sales. What happened to the person who sued McDonald’s for hot coffee? … Read more
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.) Why did McDonald’s lose … Read more
Here is some of the evidence the jury heard during the trial: McDonald’s operations manual required the franchisee to hold its coffee at 180 to 190 degrees fahrenheit coffee at that temperature, if spilled, causes third-degree burns in three to seven seconds. Did Mcdonalds know their coffee was too hot? During the trial it was … Read more
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
Liebeck’s attorneys argued that, at 180–190 °F (82–88 °C) , McDonald’s coffee was boiling hot and more likely to cause serious injury than coffee served at any other establishment. The jury found that McDonald’s was 80 percent responsible for the incident. How hot was the coffee in the Mcdonalds lawsuit? Here is some of the … Read more
During the trial, it was revealed that McDonald’s kept its coffee temperature between 180 and 190 degrees fahrenheit, even though any drink served at temperatures over 140 degrees Fahrenheit could cause serious burns. The company claimed to do that because it “made the coffee taste better.” Why does Mcdonalds keep coffee so hot? Turns out, … Read more