Derk and Charles spill the tea about hot coffee. No not the GTA mod, the McDonald’s 3rd degree burn causing menace of the 90s. Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants is a court case that has remained in the American zeitgeist for 30 years. However, most people don’t know the shocking details and think of it as nothing more than an example of frivolous lawsuits and greed. So pour yourself a cup and listen as we spill the beans. Also, listen to Derk play a fun game of Fact or Fable with the mysterious volcano snail!

Citations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCkL9UlmCOE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO136L2VO0&t=244s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpru2vsqdN8

https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3121086

https://stellaawards.com/

https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1899500_1899502_1899510,00.html

https://money.howstuffworks.com/us-government-sue-business.htm

https://www.tortmuseum.org/liebeck-v-mcdonalds/

https://natlawreview.com/article/hot-coffee-case-revisited-has-proximate-cause-changed-25-years-liebeck-v-mcdonald-s

https://www.gtla.org/index.cfm?pg=McDsScaldingCoffee

https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195353/http://www.business.txstate.edu/users/ds26/Business%20Law%202361/Misc/McDonalds%20coffee.pdf

https://www.findlaw.com/injury/product-liability/the-mcdonald-s-coffee-cup-case-separating-mcfacts-from-mcfiction.html

https://cablj.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CABLJ_Winter2023_Filip_Albrecht_Final.pdf

Theme music by Kevin MacLeod and Bryan Teoh, with sound effects by freesound_community, Samuel F. Johanns, Alexander Jauk, dripPC, and Jurij from Pixabay

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