Most people associate the Liebeck v. McDonald’s case, better known as “the hot coffee lawsuit,” with the very worst of our justice system, frivolous actions brought by greedy plaintiffs with the hopes of winning the lawsuit lottery. However, it’s one thing to hear and another thing to see. Everybody knows, or they think they know the McDonald’s case. Although, the documentary “Hot Coffee” shows how people had wrong perceptions.
Just merely hearing the sentence that a lady sued McDonald’s for 2.9 million dollars because of hot coffee spill without actually knowing the facts, sounds silly and nonsensical. This is what exactly happened. People commonly believed that the plaintiff in Liebeck was a young woman who decided to sue McDonald’s because
Just merely hearing the sentence that a lady sued McDonald’s for 2.9 million dollars because of hot coffee spill without actually knowing the facts, sounds silly and nonsensical. This is what exactly happened. People commonly believed that the plaintiff in Liebeck was a young woman who decided to sue McDonald’s because