Saw this earlier – definitely a story that needs to be corrected in the national pysche. She had to have skin grafts- there had been previous cases of this happening and McDonald's knew that the coffee was being served to customers at too high of a temperature.
Video: Scalded by Coffee- Then News Media
In 1992- Stella Liebeck spilled scalding McDonald's coffee in her lap and later sued the company- attracting a flood of negative attention. It turns out there was more to the story.
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