I'm genuinely shocked at how "tort reform" (read: corporations trying to reduce liability as much as possible) propaganda has permeated the general consciousness.
- Liebeck initially only requested McDonald's cover the medical fees from going into shock and having 3rd degree burns over her lower body (including genitalia), which McDonald's refused and only offered $800.
- McDonald's had received hundreds of reports of the coffee scalding people.
- Liebeck didn't get the multi-million dollar payout because the judge reduced it 640k, trebled the compensatory damages, which is incredibly normal for punitives.
- Liebeck initially only requested McDonald's cover the medical fees from going into shock and having 3rd degree burns over her lower body (including genitalia), which McDonald's refused and only offered $800.
- McDonald's had received hundreds of reports of the coffee scalding people.
- Liebeck didn't get the multi-million dollar payout because the judge reduced it 640k, trebled the compensatory damages, which is incredibly normal for punitives.