What happens when a seventy-nine-year-old grandmother spills a cup of coffee and ends up in a courtroom against one of the biggest corporations on earth? The answer changed American law forever.

Today on The Verdict Room: Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants. The case that launched a thousand lazy jokes -- and the case that the media got completely wrong. Stella Liebeck suffered third-degree burns from coffee served at 190 degrees. McDonald's had received 704 complaints in a decade. They chose taste over safety. And when a jury held them accountable, the media turned a grandmother into a punchline.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 -- Cold Open
2:30 -- The Incident
8:00 -- What McDonald's Knew
15:00 -- The Trial
22:00 -- The Verdict
26:00 -- The Backlash
28:00 -- Our Take

This is the real story behind the most misunderstood lawsuit in American history.

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