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Woman burned by McDonald's hot coffee, then the news media

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In 1992, Stella Liebeck spilled scalding McDonald's coffee in her lap and later sued the company, attracting a flood of negative attention. It turns out there was more to the story.

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by Tim Laughlin

over 8 years ago

A 39 year-old actress is suing for "emotional distress" after being told that she was "too old" to play the part of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

by Tim Laughlin

over 8 years ago

A burglar wants $50,000 to pay for his hospital bills. In attempting to break into a clothing store, he fell through the roof, broke both his legs and was left immobile. He was found the following morning in severe pain. He claims the store is to blames for having a "faulty roof."

by Tim Laughlin

over 8 years ago

A man tripped and fell on a pavement because it was uneven. He broke his wrist and is suing the local city council for negligence.

by Tim Laughlin

over 8 years ago

A woman opened a bag of salad and found a live frog inside. She is suing the supermarket because she suffered "severe trauma."

by Tim Laughlin

over 8 years ago

A flight attendant is suing the airline she worked for for unfair dismissal. She was sacked because she had become too fat.

by Tim Laughlin

over 8 years ago

A woman is suing her health authority because the sterilization operation they performed the previous year had obviously failed. "Of course I love my new baby," she said, "but this is not what I had planned for my life."

by Tim Laughlin

over 8 years ago

A woman who ran over and critically injured a pedestrian is suing the car manufacturer, claiming that the brand new car's horn did not work and therefore she was unable to warn the passing pedestrian.

by Tim Laughlin

over 8 years ago

A vegetarian wants $1 million in damages from a local restaurant. She asked for the vegetarian lasagne and halfway through her meal discovered that there were bits of ground beef in the sauce.

by Tim Laughlin

over 8 years ago

A father is suing his son for $25,000 -- the estimated value of the family's car. It seems that the son, aged 19, borrowed his father's new car without asking for permission. He then crashed it. The son was unhurt, but the car was a total write-off.

by Renata Gonzalez

over 4 years ago

Hot coffe

by pablo Velazquez

about 4 years ago

a story that becomes viral because of the empathy or the closeness that a viewer feels with the story made the news grow so much that it became an icon or emblem of an era in time that even today is reflected in songs in series and television programs

by Karen Hernandez

about 4 years ago

I believe that the lawsuit should proceed for the amount, since it was essential to keep well the clients of MC donalds

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