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The award harks back to civil court judgments against McDonald’s after a jury in 1994 awarded $3 million to an Albuquerque woman who was scalded by hot coffee.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2025

"He looked like he'd been scalded by hot water," the mother of three told the BBC.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

He worked the first three innings scoreless, allowing a scalded double to Yordan Alvarez in the first inning for the only hit.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

So McDonald's had a responsibility not to make coffee that burned you, that scalded you.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2023

I heated the big kettle of water and poured it into the galvanized tub and sat in it like a scalded potato, alone in this world, just crying.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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