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17. The Lawsuit (McDonald's Hot Coffee)

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McDonald's and Stella Liebeck

Stella Lieback sued McDonald's after suffering third-degree burns from its coffee. The fast food giant wanted the case to go to trial, but she settled for $27,500. "I was in it because I wanted to bring the temperature down so that other people would not go through the same thing I did," Stella says.

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