A woman in Russia is suing McDonald’s because the franchise’s cheeseburger advert was so irresistible it caused her to break her fast during Lent. Umm, so should McDonald's be happy? Granted, said woman was fasting, but still...Maybe make her a spokesperson?
Of course, McDonald’s is no stranger to lawsuits. In 1992, for example, 79-year old Stella Liebeck famously sued McDonald’s after buying a cup of takeout coffee at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Albuquerque and spilling it on her lap. A jury awarded her nearly $3 million in punitive damages for the burns she suffered. The case was seemingly a huge deal at the time and became a cultural phenomenon, though a lot was inevitably lost in the media craze.
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The Lieback case was not frivolous once you dig deeper. At the time, McDonald’s served its coffee at 190 degrees (F), far hotter than the coffee made by home brewing machines. At that temperature a person could suffer 3rd degree burns within a few seconds. However, there have been some strange legal cases, some that the plaintiffs even won! Here's a list of the Top 10.
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