![]() ![]() The lawsuit had the whole country talking. Picklo and her husband are suing for an unspecified amount of money.ĭunkin’s corporate offices did not comment when asked by KYW, but in a court filing in April said that the store was not negligent and that Picklo’s injuries were due to her own negligence, the news station reported. Bloomberg via Getty Images Scalding hot coffee first brought major headlines in 1992, when then 79-year-old Stella Liebeck won 2.7 million from McDonald’s after suffering third-degree burns. Stella Liebeck made national headlines in 1992 when she sued McDonald’s after spilling a scalding cup of hot coffee on her lap. “All the industry has to do is to have a holder that has higher sides and is more secure,” her attorney Paul D’Amato argues, according to CBS News. She said if Dunkin’ had better cup carriers the spill would never have happened. “Her legs are all burned up - like there’s skin coming completely off her legs from the degree of the burns,” someone said on the video, according to KYW.ĭunkin’ workers said that Picklo was eating something when they handed the coffee tray and grabbed it with one hand, Inside Edition reported.Īn unidentified employee told Inside Edition, “She moved her coffee to the other seat, and suddenly the coffee fell down on her legs.” Picklo was admitted into a burn center for three days of treatment for second- and third-degree burns to her legs, KYW reported.Ī discussion over her injuries was recorded on police body cameras shortly after the coffee was spilled. Her pants absorbed the hot coffee so she ripped them off and then called 911, Picklo told Inside Edition. Liebeck won the case at trial in 1994, and the jury agreed with him. The goal was to persuade the customer that the coffee was too hot. Stella Liebeck's Burns from McDonald's Coffee Clip: Episode 7 59s My List Watch Full Length Judy Allen recalls the severe burns her mother, Stella Liebeck, received when a cup of. Lawyers for Stella Liebeck, who suffered third-degree burns in the 1992 incident, contended that McDonald’s coffee was too hot. A state district court jury imposed 2.7 million in punitive damages and 160,000 in. Lawyers for Stella Liebeck, who suffered third-degree burns in the 1992 incident, contended that McDonald's coffee was too hot. Moreover, the Shriner’s Burn Institute in Cincinnati had published warnings to the franchise food industry that its members were unnecessarily causing serious scald burns by serving beverages above 130 degrees Fahrenheit. (AP) A woman who was scalded when her McDonald's coffee spilled won a jury award of nearly 2.9 million - or about two days' coffee sales for the fast-food chain. She filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s for 125,000 in mental and physical pain. Liebeck's treating physician testified that her injury was one of the worst scald burns he had ever seen. ![]() and then the other two had fallen right on me,” Picklo said, according to CBS News. Stella Liebeck, 79, suffered from third-degree burns to 20 of her body. “As he tried to pass it to me - before I could even take it from him - I watched as the extra-large cup of coffee just fell forward. Stella was an elderly grandmother who received third-degree burns when she spilled coffee purchased at a McDonald’s drive-through. She said that a worker handed her a tray with three cups of coffee, which fell, scalding her. The incident happened last year in a drive-through of a Dunkin’ location in Delran, New Jersey. ![]()
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