[Bob434]

When i first heard the story, i thought she was a “bet rich quick” lawsuiter, and thought she just got lightly scalded or somehting, but after reading about it, Stella was severely burned- she had extensive 3’rd degree burns too. Not saying the suit and award were right, but it was a wakeup call that mcd’s coffee is extremely hot and for folks to not be careless with it till it cools some.

Perhaps she shouldn’t have prevailed because it was her actions that caused the severe burns. But, there were no warning labels about just how rediculously hot the coffee was, which there maybe should have been. The lawsuit did have a positive impact in that it shaped how businesses labeled things in order to avoid lawsuits in the future.

[Dr. Sivana]

But, there were no warning labels about just how rediculously hot the coffee was,

Are you a coffee drinker? Good coffee HAS to be made hot. There is no such thing as “ridiculously hot” coffee any more than there is “ridiculously hot pizza”. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, kitchen sinks often had a special hot water faucet labeled at 190 degrees. They are rare now, but that is the temperature to make hot drinks. Whistling tea kettles go over 200 degrees.