In Virginia Beach, Virginia a woman is suing Burger King Corp. for selling her coffee that was so hot and is such poor packaging that when it spilled it burned her left thigh. She wants $ 50,000. This happened on Dec 7, 2007. The employee handed the woman the coffee in a paper bag instead of in a cup holder. The "...most famous (hot coffee) case" was in New Mexico in 1992 when a jury awarded a woman-also burned by hot coffee-a judgment of $ 2.9 million. This award was reduced by a judge to $ 640,000 and a final settlement was reached by the company and the woman for an undisclosed amount.
(Source: "Woman Files Suit Against Burger King in Hot Coffee Case" by Shawn Day of The Virginian Pilot on 1/11/10)
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