As described previously, the negligence standard focuses on the actions of the people involved. Specifically, either or both the consumer or producer can be held responsible when they have acted negligently. In the McDonald's coffee case, for example, the jury concluded that the consumer should also be held partially liable for her own injuries since she did not exercise reasonable care when she held hot coffee in her lap while driving. McDonald's itself was also negligent because they should have taken steps to prevent the sort of accident that was easily foreseeable.