Supporters of “ tort reform " claim that the popular perception of the case was materially accurate, claim that the vast majority of judges who consider similar cases dismiss them before they get to a jury, and argue that McDonald's refusal to offer more than an $ 800 settlement for the $ 10, 500 in medical bills reflects the meritless nature of the suit based on the fact that Liebeck spilled the coffee on herself rather than any wrongdoing on the company's part.

Liebeck was in the passenger's seat of her grandson's Ford Probe, and her grandson Chris parked the car so that Liebeck could add cream and sugar to her coffee.

Liebeck was wearing cotton sweatpants ; they absorbed the coffee and held it against her skin, scalding her thighs, buttocks, and groin.

Liebeck was taken to the hospital, where it was determined that she had suffered third-degree burns on six percent of her skin and lesser burns over sixteen percent.

Applying the principles of comparative negligence, the jury found that McDonald's was 80 % responsible for the incident and Liebeck was 20 % at fault.

They awarded Liebeck US $ 200, 000 in compensatory damages, which was then reduced by 20 % to $ 160, 000.

The decision was appealed by both McDonald's and Liebeck in December 1994, but the parties settled out of court for an undisclosed amount less than $ 600, 000.

The title was taken from this case, Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants.

When John Harle was taken ill, a potential problem became the beginning of a new musical friendship when his place was taken by Jack Liebeck, in a performance of the Mendelssohn Violin concerto.

In Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants ( 1994 ), a very high and therefore often criticized amount of damages were awarded to a woman who burned herself with hot coffee she purchased from McDonald's.

Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants, also known as the McDonald's coffee case and the hot coffee lawsuit, is a 1994 product liability lawsuit that became a flashpoint in the debate in the U. S. over tort reform after a jury awarded $ 160, 000 to cover medical expenses and compensatory damages ( in addition to $ 2. 7 million in punitive damages ) to Stella Liebeck who suffered 3rd degree burns in her pelvic region when she spilled hot coffee purchased from fast food restaurant McDonald's.

Liebeck sought to settle with McDonald's for $ 20, 000 to cover her actual and anticipated expenses.

On February 27, 1992, Stella Liebeck, a 79-year-old woman from Albuquerque, New Mexico, ordered a 49-cent cup of coffee from the drive-through window of a local McDonald's restaurant located at 5001 Gibson Boulevard S. E.

Liebeck placed the coffee cup between her knees and pulled the far side of the lid toward her to remove it.

When McDonald's refused to raise its offer, Liebeck retained Texas attorney Reed Morgan.

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The International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen was awarded in the year 2000 to the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for his special personal contribution to cooperation with the states of Europe, for the preservation of peace, freedom, democracy and human rights in Europe, and for his support of the enlargement of the European Union.

In 2003 the medal was awarded to Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing.

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