It's déjà vu.  A McDonald's drive-thru customer is suing the fast-food restaurant claiming she suffered burns on her thigh from hot coffee.
 
Aurora Hill of Portland, Oregon, filed suit in Multnomah County Circuit Court claiming the coffee she was handed at the drive-thru window was too hot and the cup's lid was too loose.  According to the lawsuit, "as it was being handed to her by an employee of the defendant, the plaintiff took the cup of coffee and the plastic top fell off and spilled very hot coffee on plaintiff's upper right leg...[the coffee was] extremely hot in the extreme." 
 
Hill claims to have suffered "nervous shock," endured pain and has scarring. She seeks $7,182 for her pain and suffering, plus another $318 for lost wages and medical expenses.

In 1994, a jury awarded $2.86 million to an Albuquerque, New Mexico woman who spilled hot coffee on herself.  Upon appeal, the parties settled for an undisclosed amount.

A McDonald's spokeswoman, based in Illinois, could not immediately say how hot restaurants are supposed to keep their coffee.

—Source:  The Oregonian