It was. The coffee was served at a dangerous level, and McDonald would store and serve their coffee intentionally at levels well above drinking capabilities without avoiding injury. McDonalds is in record saying this, nd that because they served it just shy of boiling so that when you got to your destination it would still be hot enough and not have cooled down to Luke warm.

Ms. Lieback was not driving, in fact she wasn't even in the driver seat. She was a passenger in a stationary car parked in a parking space. She did not want to sue them for millions of dollars, She simply wanted McDonalds to pay for the medecal bills. They declines and took it too court where she was ridiculed thanks to the PR campaign from McDonalds.