Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants

1994 product liability lawsuit
Event legal_case Q548265
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Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants

Summary

Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants is a legal case[1]. It ranks in the top 0.94% of legal_case entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,038 views/month, #20 of 2,118).[2]

Key Facts

  • Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants is in the country of United States[3].
  • Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants's instance of is recorded as legal case[4].
  • Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants's point in time is recorded as +1994-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01chng[6].
  • Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants's participant is recorded as Stella Liebeck[7].
  • Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants's participant is recorded as McDonald's[8].
  • Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants's has cause is recorded as personal injury[9].
  • Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants's depicted by is recorded as Hot Coffee[10].
  • Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants's judge is recorded as Robert H. Scott[11].
  • Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Stella Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants, P.T.S., Inc. and McDonald's International, Inc."}[12].

Why It Matters

Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants ranks in the top 0.94% of legal_case entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,038 views/month, #20 of 2,118).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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MLA “Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/liebeck-v-mcdonald-s-restaurants.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_liebeck-v-mcdonald-s-restaurants_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/liebeck-v-mcdonald-s-restaurants}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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