A famous legal case in the U.S. involving McDonald's was the 1994 decision in "Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants", where Albuquerque, New Mexico resident Stella Liebeck was initially awarded $2.86 million (equivalent to $ million in ) after 81-year-old Liebeck suffered third-degree burns after spilling a scalding cup of McDonald's coffee on herself. The award was later reduced to $640,000 (equivalent to $ million in ). In 2019, a McDonald's employee, Jenna Ries, sued the restaurant chain over allowing sexual harassment in the work place and described the working environment as "toxic".