17 Nov Not Lovin’ It: False Claim vs. McDonalds for Spilled Coffee Burn?

Believe it or not it’s been 20 years since the famed case that Stella Liebeck brought against McDonald’s when her hot coffee spilled and burned her in New Mexico. Liebeck got a nearly $3 million judgment because she wasn’t warned that they make coffee hotter than you make it at home (this is why cups now have that amazingly obvious “contents may be hot” disclaimer).

Well one Selena Edwards in California tried to do the same, bringing a case against a McDonald’s when her coffee cup’s lid fell off. According to the ABA Journal, she got a $2000 settlement but now is being accused of falsifying medical documents and stealing pictures from a hospital website. She had said her hand was hurt but it is now alleged she didn’t get any medical attention. So now she is facing criminal prosecution.

Of course she is presumed innocent and maybe this is a big misunderstanding. Maybe.