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Jesus, the coffee was hot lawsuit was about 3rd degree burns an elderly woman in the passenger seat of a stopped car sustained requiring skin grafts. She sued after McDonalds refused to cover her medical bills, and discovery revealed that McDonalds recklessly kept thier coffee hotter than their competitors despite the known saftey risks because it bumped thier bottom line. They had recorded complaints from 100s of other injured customers.
She was awarded millions of dollars in punative damages by the jury. The number was based on one days sales of coffee by McDonalds.
She also never got all that money. The original judge reduced it then she settled for even less after McDonalds made it clear they would tie it up in endless appeals.
Her genitals ended up getting fused to her leg or something?
Adam Ruins Everything did a bit on it. And my god, I'd forgotten how genuinely horrifying that case was. That poor old woman.
And people like @1984@lemmy.today still try and pass it off as an "lol coffee is hot".
I dont remember that specific, but I do know she was prevented by an NDA from defending herself in the court of public opinion.