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Most people have heard about the McDonald\u2019s spilled coffee case.\u3000 It was the poster child for what is called tort reform \u2013 legislation to cap or limit awards for injuries.\u3000 What most people don\u2019t know is what occurred in that case.<\/p>\n

McDonald\u2019s, unlike other fast food companies, served their coffee at a piping 185 degrees, 20 degrees hotter than their competitors. Their apparent thought was that if you took your coffee home from the drive thru, it would still be hot when you got there. They did this despite knowing coffee that hot can cause third-degree burns. And they were aware of some 700 prior incidents of burning customers.<\/p>\n

Along came an 81-year-old woman who had never sued anybody before. She was a passenger in her grandson\u2019s car.\u3000 When she opened the lid to add sugar and cream, she spilled the coffee on her lap, resulting in third degree burns on her groin, thighs and buttocks that required skin grafts and a seven-day hospital stay. She suffered permanent scarring on more than 16 percent of her body.<\/p>\n

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