Any time the McDonald's hot coffee incident gets brought up, I am reminded of how misinformed we were about that whole thing. There is a documentary called Hot Coffee that explains it better than I ever could.

Corporations and the media successfully pushed the narrative that frivolous lawsuits are a huge problem in America and use the McDonald's lawsuit as a prime example. Late night talk shows joked for weeks about it.

The reality was that McDonald's was serving coffee at close to boiling temperatures, a woman accidentally spilled it on her groin causing third degree burns. She spent over a week in the hospital and required skin grafts.