we're gonna have to settle this dispute in court the food court McDonald's has found itself in
court on more than a few occasions here are 10 bizarre lawsuits McDonald's wishes we'd forget
yeah that's what you wish Steve coffee too hot cream in my coffee and rock and roll the hot
coffee case was reported as a frivolous lawsuit in the news and online but nothing could be further
from the truth Stella lybeck was a 79 year old woman who dropped hot McDonald's coffee in her
lap resulting in third degree burns on her body and genitals the 190 degree coffee spill required
multiple skin grafts to treat the burns during her two-year recovery Stella spent six months
trying to get McDonald's to settle looking for twenty thousand dollars to pay for her medical
bills McDonald's offered eight hundred dollars eventually she took McDonald's to court and was
awarded over 2.7 million dollars by a jury citing the ACT sections of McDonald's as being willful
wanton and Reckless despite the negative coverage of this story making her out to be someone looking
for a quick payday Miss lybeck wasn't as concerned about the money as she was about
making McDonald's change its practices Dwight not everything is conspiracy theory ultimately
a safe temperature of 135 to 150 degrees was recommended and apparently the McDonald's
handbook even recommends a temperature 10 degrees lower than that bad Diet Coke it's diet dude diet
soda doesn't give you diarrhea a McDonald's in Utah in 2016 was the source of a weird and scary
event Trevor Walker was at home sipping his diet coke after picking up food for his family
at the McDonald's drive-through when suddenly his fingers arms and legs started to go numb his wife
rushed him to the hospital and a urine test found buprenorphine in his system a drug typically give
eventu recovering heroin addicts buprenorphine and naloxone were confirmed to be in the drink
by the Utah State Crime Lab how is that even possible I don't know nothing makes sense
anymore once he recovered Mr Walker filed the lawsuit against McDonald's in 2018 claiming his
drink was purposefully spiked with a heroin-like substance McDonald's wasn't alone in the lawsuit
the local Coca-Cola franchise and Swire Coca-Cola a local drink distributor were also sued for loss
of income medical costs and post-traumatic stress disorder reportedly turning down a settlement
offer Mr Walker decided to take the case to a courtroom trial to try and make McDonald's take
responsibility for the incident the lawsuit stated that the corporations have a duty to properly
supervise train and monitor their employees while this case is still ongoing it highlights how hard
it is to hold corporations responsible for their employees and franchisees McD's employees sue you
take one swing at me I will sue you for all your worth not all lawsuits against McDonald's have
been brought on by customers several were filed by employees seven employees in Chicago filed a
lawsuit against McDonald's in 2019 alleging the company was not protecting its employees from
violent customers well enough the suit lists many incidents by workers who have seen or experienced
Violence by customers including a customer pulling a gun on several employees and hopping
over the counter the workers claim that they do not receive adequate security training and that
reporting incidents to the police are discouraged as they may harm business for the franchise the
ongoing suit also argues that McDonald's fails to keep its workers safe at the design of the stores
and extended night shifts leave workers vulnerable in response McDonald's made a statement claiming
they take seriously its responsibility to provide and Foster a safe working environment for our
employees time will only tell whether McDonald's means what they say not paying overtime liar Maria
Sanchez along with other McDonald's workers filed a lawsuit against California McDonald's locations
in 2013. the lawsuit began with only a few workers and grew into a class-action lawsuit with over 38
thousand former and present employee plaintiffs in California the suit claims that dating back
to 2009 McDonald's didn't properly pay employees who worked for more than eight hours in a 24-hour
period employees also claim that McDonald's restaurants of California didn't give the
required breaks and meals to its workers why a settlement was finally agreed upon in 2020
to provide compensation for unpaid overtime back pay breaks meals and more after settling for 26
million dollars McDonald's made a statement about the class action settlement saying that while we
continue to believe our Employment Practices comply with the California labor code we have
decided to resolve this lawsuit filed back in early 2013. minimum wage violations resulting
in billions of stolen wages primarily among the low wage and immigrant workers in the restaurant
industry were highlighted by the class action franchise discrimination franchise franchise
franchise on August 31st 2020 the Ferrero Law Firm filed a class action lawsuit claiming racial
discrimination on behalf of 77 former black McDonald's franchisees the lawsuit alleges
that black franchisees were pressured to select locations for their restaurants that were less
than desirable these locations according to the complaints were dangerous and the operational
costs outweighed the profits due to high employee turnover higher insurance premiums and security
costs and fewer sales while White franchisees had better opportunities and were offered the
safer and more profitable locations the suit states that these McD's owners are victims
of McDonald's targeted discrimination against black franchisees which McDonald's covered up
during years of parity deals and false promises according to the suit McDonald's made it all but
impossible for these black franchisees to be successful I'm very disappointed meeting you
lawyers said that through increased inspections and unfair grading McDonald's retaliated against
the entrepreneurs who refused to take the bad locations sometimes driving the owners
to financial ruin this is yet another ongoing lawsuit in which McDonald claims
no fault however McDonald's has promised Equity among franchisees and has hired a new diversity
Chief to take steps towards improving its image on diversity stolen ice cream machine fix same same
but different but still safe while this next lawsuit doesn't include McDonald's as a defendant
they are heavily implicated in the evidence as they appear to have been involved in the
attempted theft of some McFlurry technology the suit filed in 2019 by kitch a startup company
based in California suggests that Taylor the inventor of the McFlurry machine tried to copy
certain technology from Kitsch Taylor's soft-serve machines are notoriously finicky and Laden with
technological issues so Kitsch developed a digital tool that improved the function of the machines
Kitsch filed a lawsuit against Taylor accusing the company of misappropriation of Trade Secrets after
believing Taylor and McDonald's were involved in Foul Play McDonald's Had issued a memo to
its franchisees announcing the release of a new repair tool for the ice cream machines designed
by Taylor however this tool was very similar to one designed by kitch McDonald's also advised
their franchisees to use the device made by Taylor even though the Kitsch device was preferred Jim
Menard the VP of engineering at Taylor wrote in an email to a fellow employee please buy a Kitsch
kit and provide me with a written evaluation on the hardware and software seems we might
be missing something in our approach to our connected equipment I see what you did there
good one while this piece of evidence was considered to be the most conclusive and damning
there were many more emails with interesting and curious subjects several emails between
Taylor execs referenced the Kitsch device with instructions to imitate it and use it as a model
for new features including remote monitoring and text alerts even though McDonald's says there
was no foul play that will be up to the courts to decide McDonald's Monopoly scam we're gonna expose
you to the world in the early 2000s a scheme was uncovered to defraud McDonald's of over 20
million dollars Jerry Jacobson an ex-police officer worked for the company that printed
the McDonald's Monopoly game pieces he was The Mastermind behind a criminal network of people
that won almost every large McD's Monopoly prize for 12 years I'm go to the feds and you're going
down a tip to the FBI uncovered the network and over 50 people were convicted did of conspiracy
and mail fraud in connection with the case to make things right 55 random customers were selected
to be given McD's prizes totaling 10 million dollars two weeks after the news became public
by the Attorney General this however wasn't enough for the court and McDonald's agreed to give one
million dollars to 15 random customers mcdees went on to say that we've made a commitment to return
this money to our customers that should have been part of the prize pools with the second giveaway
we will have done that these payouts were done very quietly by selecting a random time of day
and restaurant and giving the prize to whoever came in this was not advertised and there was very
little marketing attached to the giveaway though McDonald's technically didn't have any role in the
defrauding of its customers they still settled the class action suit brought against them the events
of this lawsuit were so crazy and interesting that HBO ran a duck documentary series called
mcmillions deceptive advertising look at this sorry miserable squashed Thing Justin chimenti
of New York sued McDonald's for compensatory and punitive damages for the alleged violations of
consumer protection laws the basis of the lawsuit was that the food we see in the commercials
does not look the same in person noting that the burgers are smaller with less toppings fake fake
fake fake the complaint alleges that McDonald's is duping its customers with false and misleading
advertising McDonald's allegedly also overstates the size of its beef patties using the same
deceptive practice as other fast food franchises the lawsuit alleges food styling as the reason
for the difference between what is promised and what is delivered food styling ensures a big plump
Patty whereas fully cooked Burgers tend to shrink and look less appetizing according to the lawsuit
the food styling hacks that are used by mcds are unfairly diverting millions of dollars in sales
that would have gone to other restaurants that more fairly advertise the size of their burgers
and menu items food stylists are employed to make food look more delicious and there's almost always
a professional stylist behind every advertising campaign this is unfortunately not a practice
that is limited to McDonald's there are many fast food chains that employ these techniques in their
advertising longest British lawsuit long long long long long long McDonald's has not only been
sued many times it brought a libel lawsuit in 1997 that ended up being the longest trial in British
legal history Helen Steele and David Morris were environmentalists who were very critical
of McDonald's business practices they made up pamphlets claiming McDonald's destroyed forests
exploited kids and their advertising and caused starvation in developing countries vehemently
denying these claims McDonald's took steel and Morris to court dubbed the mclible case in 2005
after a two and a half year trial McDonald's came out Victorious and were awarded the equivalent of
47 500 not bad not bad the trial turned out to be a PR nightmare for McDonald's and they didn't even
collect their monetary settlement from the fair McD's slip and fall that sounds bad it is bad
Beverly and Ruben Mongolia of Kahului Hawaii were awarded 5.67 million dollars as the result of a
slip and fall accident in a McDonald's restaurant Beverly slipped on a puddle of liquid that was
previously spilled on the floor reporting in the court documents stated that she suffered several
injuries including a compression fracture of the L1 vertebrae the jury awarded the couple
2.67 million in Damages and 3 million for General damages in the civil case at least there's that
while the McD's franchise owner ghrelin Rosario relayed his deepest sympathies to Beverly and
her family he couldn't refrain from expressing his disappointment in the jury's verdict wow