Retro Report on PBS

<font color=#AAAAAAFF>She was burned over </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>16% of her body, </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>6% of the burns </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>were third degree.</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>She was in the </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>hospital for a week.</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>Medical bills were $10,000.</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>So Stella reached out to </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>McDonald's and asked</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>to be reimbursed.</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>We couldn't believe that </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>this could happen</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>over spilling the coffee.</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>So, we wrote a letter to</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>McDonald's asking them to</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>check the temperature of the </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>coffee and to give recompense</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>for the medical bills, and the</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>recompense for the medical bills</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>and the response from McDonald's</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>was an offer of $800.</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>Stella Liebeck had </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>never sued anyone</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>before Albuquerque attorney </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>Ken Wagner took her case.</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>Before they went to </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>trial, they tried twice</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>to settle out of court, </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>but McDonald's refused. </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>We bought a product, </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>it was used as intended, </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>it was unreasonably hot </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>and, therefore,</font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>unreasonably dangerous, and </font> <font color=#AAAAAAFF>those were the essential facts.</font>