McDonald's found liable for hot Chicken McNugget that fell from Happy Meal and burned girl

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38. Thanks for this. There's even more. McDonalds served their coffee

at 180-190°, as you said. They brewed it even hotter — at 195-205°. They always served cream and sugar on the side; the customer had to add their own, requiring them to have to peel off the lid — even drive through customers. This had happened before, and they refused to budge from their normal $700-800 settlement offer.

People think she got millions. She didn’t. She originally asked for $20,000 for her medical expenses. At trial, the jury awarded $200,000 compensatory damages, but found her to be 20% at fault, so the real award was $160,000. The also awarded two days of McDonalds coffee sales — $2.7 million for —punitive damages. The judge reduced that to treble compensatory damages, or $480,000.

So her total award was $640,000, which was settled during the appeal, possibly, even probably, for something less. What would you take for third degree burns, necessitating skin graphs on your abdomen, thighs, buttocks and genitals? At age 79?