We all knew this was coming

[russotto]

There's a "fact sheet" that a lot of McDonalds case debunkers read from. Problem with the "fact sheet" is it's from the American Trial Lawyers Association, which is a bit biased.

Here's a "fact sheet" put together by me, a much more reliable source.

1) Coffee has to be brewed between 185 and 205 degrees for proper flavor. 140 degrees (which is hot tap water) and you've got brown water.

2) Seven hundred complaints in 10 years from a company which serves billions of cups a week is not significant.

3) It's easier to let hot coffee cool than to heat up cold coffee.

4) If you're an old lady, even 140 degree water will give you third degree burns. Sucks to be old.

5) "The sweatpants Liebeck was wearing absorbed the coffee and held it next to her skin." So sue the sweatpant manufacturer too.