The McDonald's Coffee was as hot as 180 F to 190 F when it burned Liebeck.
The coffee in the Mcdonald's lawsuit was as hot as 180 F to 190 degrees which is 20 to 30 degrees hotter than most other coffee served at other restaurants.
The temperature range of 180 F to 190 F was indicated in the operations manual.
The coffee burned Liebeck and so she sued Mcdonald's.
Attorneys showed graphic images of Liebeck's burns, and experts testified that McDonald's kept it's coffee between 180 and 190 degrees F which is 30 to 40 degrees hotter than other companies according to the American Museum of Tort Law.
Testimony revealed that 700 other McDonald's customers also had been burned by the hot coffee as well.
Liebeck who was burned by Mcdonald's hot coffee was wearing cotton sweatpants, which absorbed the coffee and held it against her skin, scalding her thighs, buttocks and groin.
Liebeck went into shock and was taken to an emergency room at a hospital.
She suffered third-degree burns on six percent of her skin and lesser burns over sixteen percent.
Ultimately the jury awarded Liebeck $200,000.000 in compensatory damages, which was reduced to $160,000.00 because she was found to be partially responsible for the spill.
They also suggested that McDonald's pay $2.7 million dollars in punitive damages which is a sum that was based on the revenue from two days of coffee sales.
In the 10 years before the case, over 700 people scalded by coffee burns made claims against the company.
But McDonald's never lowered the temperature of its coffee.
McDonald's operations manual required the franchisee to hold its coffee at 180 F to 190 F degrees Fahrenheit.
Coffee at that temperature, if spilled, causes third-degree burns in three to seven seconds.