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Swindled

17. The Lawsuit (McDonald's Hot Coffee)

Swindled

A Concerned Citizen

True Crime, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.79.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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An elderly woman suffers severe burns after spilling McDonald's coffee into her lap. Prelude: A California janitor's case against the owners of a phone booth is labeled as a "frivolous" lawsuit by President Ronald Reagan. –––-–---------------------------------------- PATREON: Patreon.com/Swindled DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop –––-–---------------------------------------- FOLLOW: SwindledPodcast.com Instagram.com/SwindledPodcast Twitter.com/SwindledPodcast Facebook.com/SwindledPodcast Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0

In California, a man was using a public telephone booth to place a call.

1:05.0

An alleged drunk driver, Carine down the street, lost control of her car and crashed into the phone booth.

1:11.0

Not so surprised that the injured man sued, but you might be startled to hear who he sued.

1:18.0

The telephone company and associated firms. That's right.

1:24.0

Just after midnight on November 2nd, 1974, 33-year-old Charles Bigby, a custodian for the city of Los Angeles, punched out on the time clock and left work for the night.

1:38.0

He walked out the front door of City Hall, down the steps, and towards the neighborhood convenience store that set on the corner of Century Boulevard in the Inglewood.

1:48.0

Charles entered the store, bought a newspaper and a loaf of bread, and left, stopping at one of two phone booths that were stationed at the edge of the parking lot.

1:59.0

Charles Bigby entered the only booth that was unoccupied and dialed the number of his girlfriend, Sheila Croxton, whom he called every night after work.

2:08.0

During their conversation, Charles noticed a car headed his direction, weaving through traffic uncontrollably.

2:15.0

He immediately dropped a telephone receiver and grabbed for the handle of the phone booths inward opening door to try and make his escape.

2:22.0

The door was jammed.

2:24.0

Charles screamed for help as other pedestrians in the area, including the man in the neighboring phone booth, fled the path of the Korean automobile.

2:35.0

By standards watched in horror as the car jumped the curb and crashed directly into the phone booth in which Bigby was trapped.

2:42.0

They could hear Charles repeating the Lord's prayer to himself from underneath the shattered glass of the booth and the smoking wreckage of the car.

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