Mcdonald's In New Mexico Case Study

Case of Stella against McDonald's in New Mexico on August 18, 1994. The actual event happened in February 1992. This lady is 79 years old (at the time) was passing through the McDonald's drive through appearing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and asked for a cup of coffee which was offered in Styrofoam cups. After receiving the trophy, grandson (who was driving card) going forward so you can put some sugar in my coffee, when I tried to open the lid, and spill hot coffee through her lap burn inner thighs and genital area and part of the buttocks, and she was wearing at the time suck coffee and holding to her skin. This causes her burn degree 3, 16% of her body. She had to go into the hospital for 8 days. Mrs. Stella offer to settle with McDonald's for $20, 000 to cover medical costs, but McDonald's refused and Viewer with $800 display. Here when you decide to take to court. During discovery, there were many facts that …show more content…
MS lawyer filed suit accusing Stella McDonald of gross negligence which is no slight diligence or care or the conscious and voluntary action or omission in reckless disregard of the legal duty and the consequences to another party, which would normally recover exemplary damages. Believes that McDonald's serving and selling coffee that was too hot and call it unreasonably dangerous and its opening. I don't think it's reasonable to expect a hot drink bought from McDonalds or any restaurant to be very hot, it can give me the third-degree burn. At first SIP, it burns my tongue and lips. I know we usually wait a few seconds and maybe blow on coffee to cool it and then take the first SIP, but hot coffee like McDonald's coffee will take more than that to cool. And if you don't even get a warning of how hot coffee and what can happen if you drink on the spot (which is usually what people want to do when buying coffee), or if blow on by