#15: Stella Liebeck
When it comes to McDonald’s, it feels like they can do no wrong… But nothing in this life is perfect. In 1994, a highly publicized liability lawsuit came against the fast-food chain when Stella Liebeck got third-degree burns from spilling her McDonald’s coffee.
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Most of the time, with these sorts of things, the little guy isn’t awarded anything. But that wasn’t true in this case. By the end of everything, Stella was awarded $640,000 for the ordeal. It might seem like a good sum of money, but Stella paid the price with her body, which suffered consequences for years after.