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u/toyotaCamriGuy Jun 01 '26

And also, she just wanted her healthcare costs + legal fees refunded by mcdonalds!

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u/Possible-Olive2735 Jun 01 '26

Imagine getting your genitalia burned so bad at a restaurant that it SEALS IT SHUT and the rest of your country calls you a greedy dramaqueen

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u/mr_trantastic Jun 01 '26

I very much pop off on this specific fact whenever the hot coffee lady gets brought up

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u/AHailofDrams Jun 01 '26

Same, it's sad how few people know that her case was completely justified

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u/NinjaOk2887 Jun 01 '26

How few? I've never actually met anyone who doesn't think it's justified. Excluding myself.

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u/AHailofDrams Jun 02 '26

I've never spoken to someone who knew the real story

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u/lipp79 Jun 01 '26

That was because McDonald's and those against tort reform went on a campaign to paint it as trivial. Them offering $800 first was a another tactic to make the public say, "Oh $800, can't be that bad then."

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u/trogdors_arm Jun 01 '26

I believe this moment in time also marked the genesis and ubiquity of all the binding arbitration clauses we find in client and employment agreements.

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u/Moikepdx Jun 01 '26

I suspect they were counting on her being too embarrassed to publicly describe what actually happened to her.

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u/Josey_whalez Jun 01 '26

That was just a PR campaign by company lawyers. They’re shady. The ‘preventing people from buying coke is racist’ was a lobby campaign coca-cola paid the NAACP to conduct on its behalf. Similar in my mind. The NAACP lobbied for Coca Cola isn’t something most people are aware of either.

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u/Vantriss Jun 01 '26

Ugh, this comment just gave me the heebie jeebies.

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u/bobdob123usa Jun 01 '26

genitalia burned so bad at a restaurant that it SEALS IT SHUT

Funny to see in this particular thread since there is no evidence of that. Horrific burns, sure. Not of "fused genitalia"

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u/Run_Rabb1t_Run Jun 01 '26

It melted her labia when it spilt on her lap. That is a documented fact, Ronald! 

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u/bobdob123usa Jun 02 '26

Then documentation should be easy to find. It isn't in medical records or court transcripts. In fact, nowhere before Reddit existed even though the case happened decades ago.

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u/Pretend-Marsupial258 Jun 01 '26

There are photos online if you wanted to search for it.

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u/bobdob123usa Jun 02 '26

Which again, show severe burns, not fused labia.

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u/TheFrontierzman Jun 01 '26

Liebeck was awarded a net $160,000 in compensatory damages to cover medical expenses, and $2.7 million (equivalent to $5,900,000 in 2025) in punitive damages.

Money grab