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17

The Lawsuit

McDonald's Hot Coffee / Bigbee v. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph

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17: The Lawsuit

An elderly woman suffers severe burns after spilling McDonald’s coffee into her lap.

Prelude: A California janitor’s case against the owners of a phone booth is labeled as a “frivolous” lawsuit by President Ronald Reagan.

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  1. https://www.damicopettinicchi.com/blog/2016/02/phone-booth-lawsuit-myth.html
  2. https://www.law.berkeley.edu/sugarman/Bigbee_42306_web_version.pdf
  3. https://www.businessinsider.com/the-story-behind-the-caution-contents-hot-label-2016-10
  4. https://www.caoc.org/?pg=facts
  5. https://www.eater.com/2016/2/15/10996726/mcdonalds-hot-coffee-lawsuits-california-fresno
  6. https://www.eater.com/2016/1/11/10749158/starbucks-hot-coffee-lawsuit-florida
  7. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a49108/what-you-dont-know-about-that-mcdonalds-coffee-burn-case/
  8. https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/community/clovis-news/article19517679.html
  9. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/01/mcdonalds-hot-coffee-suit_n_4192626.html
  10. http://www.latimes.com/business/78838127-132.html
  11. http://mentalfloss.com/article/26862/real-details-hot-coffee-lawsuit
  12. https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/08/man_suing_mcdonalds_releases_s.html
  13. https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-mcdonalds-hot-coffee-lawsuit/erin-wisti
  14. https://www.ttla.com/index.cfm?pg=McDonaldsCoffeeCaseFacts
  15. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/02/05/american-hustle-inspiration/5240835/
  16. http://www.wdrb.com/story/29980251/kentucky-appeals-court-hot-coffee-is-hot-and-hot-things-cause-burns
  17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants
  18. https://nypost.com/2014/10/30/man-to-sue-after-being-severely-burned-by-mcdonalds-coffee/
  19. https://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/portland_woman_sues_mcdonalds.html
  20. https://patch.com/illinois/romeoville/weber-road-mcdonalds-sued-spilling-coffee-customer
  21. https://web.archive.org/web/20100720171926/
  22. http://www.business.txstate.edu/users/ds26/Business%20Law%202361/Misc/McDonalds%20coffee.pdf
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