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Temperature vandalism[edit]

"Liebeck's attorneys argued that at 10–11 °F (−12 – −12 °C) McDonald's coffee was defective, claiming it was too hot and more likely to cause serious injury than coffee served at any other establishment. "

That can't be right. Somebody fix that, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.208.61 (talk) 16:56, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How is it wrong? 195.252.223.83 (talk) 18:13, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously very old vandalism long-ago corrected. You're responding to a comment from six years ago having nothing to do with the current article content. TJRC (talk) 20:09, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In Popular Culture[edit]

Kramer sues Starbucks on Seinfeld for a Hot Coffe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yearofthedragon (talk • contribs) 04:16, September 16, 2006

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Other reasons for temperature[edit]

Not sure, but I thought I've read that McDonald's was also serving coffee hot so that those dining in couldn't drink it fast enough to be ready for a free refill, and to mask the quality of cheaper, inferior beans. Jason McHuff (talk) 15:32, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmchuff:, if you can link a reliable source, I'd be happy to add that into the article. Squeeps10 ^{Talk to me}_{My edits} 05:43, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New case, 2023. Very similar.[edit]

Maybe too early an event to add in, WP:Notnews. But, check it out A woman is suing McDonald's after being burned by hot coffee. It's not the first time. The burn victim claims the lid wasn't on all the way, however, which does seem a significant difference.

76.178.169.118 (talk) 20:02, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]