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2. you do realize that that mcd's coffee award was reduced to $640,000, and they didn't even get that.

they eventually settled for an undisclosed amount less than $600,000, of which the lawyers probably got 1/3 and their insurance company was made whole. after the rest of the medical bills this is not remotely the windfall people think it was.

and this was after mcdonald's had over 700 complaints and numerous lawsuits and settlements over excessively hot coffee without changing their policies.

and yes, the plaintiff was found partially responsible for the spill.


the only reason people think the mcdonald's case was frivolous was because the initial jury award seemed excessive, but it was knocked down on appeal. had the initial jury award been the few hundred thousand the plaintiff eventually received, no one would have thought twice about it.