liebeck in A Sentence

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    Stella Liebeck initially asked for $20,000 to cover her medical expenses, but when McDonald's countered with $800, she took it to trial.

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    The general story is often told that a woman named Stella Liebeck visited a McDonald's drive-thru and purchased a cup of coffee.

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    When Liebeck first contacted McDonald's to let them know what had happened, she asked for them to cover the cost of her medical bills.

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    They initially awarded her $200,000 for her injuries, but reduced that number to $160,000 after deciding Liebeck bore 20% of the responsibility for the incident.

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    Testimony from a McDonald's quality control manager, Chris Appleton, when questioned by Liebeck's attorney, Reed Morgan, revealed he knew, of course, that coffee served at those temperatures was dangerous.

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    Appleton also stated that the company had no intention of changing its coffee temperature policies, despite what happened to Liebeck and others before her, stating,“There are more serious dangers in restaurants.”.

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    McDonald's legal team argued that Liebeck failed to minimize the chance of injury by holding the coffee between her thighs in the first place and she should have removed her sweatpants immediately upon spilling the coffee.

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    Presumably making such claims like that if Liebeck wasn't so old, this wouldn't have been as much of a problem(with her burns likely being less severe if she had the skin of a younger person, according to McDonald's) didn't help the company out in this regard.

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    Liebeck's crew fired back that at 190 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature around which McDonald's serves its coffee at, it takes only about three seconds to produce third-degree burns, and that lowering the temperature to 160 degrees would be much safer, needing about 20 seconds to cause similar third degree burns.

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