She got severely burned on her genitalia, to the point where her skin was fused to itself, and underwent massive amounts of pain and surgery over several months, and the whole time all she wanted was money to cover her medical bills from their coffee that was served far too hot for human safety.
Rather than settle a valid claim, they forced her to go and make a lawsuit, and then the jury handed out a nuclear verdict.
Because it was such a large amount of money, every single half-baked piece of shit comedian that had an opportunity to complain and make jokes about it made fun of her for fucking decades.
Even today, what is it, like 25 years later, 30 years later, people will mention McDonald’s hot coffee as the punchline to a shitty ass joke at her expense.
The McDonald’s Hot Coffee Lady.
She got severely burned on her genitalia, to the point where her skin was fused to itself, and underwent massive amounts of pain and surgery over several months, and the whole time all she wanted was money to cover her medical bills from their coffee that was served far too hot for human safety.
Rather than settle a valid claim, they forced her to go and make a lawsuit, and then the jury handed out a nuclear verdict.
Because it was such a large amount of money, every single half-baked piece of shit comedian that had an opportunity to complain and make jokes about it made fun of her for fucking decades.
Even today, what is it, like 25 years later, 30 years later, people will mention McDonald’s hot coffee as the punchline to a shitty ass joke at her expense.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald’s_Restaurants