Did McDonald’s Lose The Hot Coffee Lawsuit?

The jury awarded Liebeck $200,000 in compensatory damages — reduced to $160,000 because the jury found her 20 percent at fault — and $2.7 million in punitive damages for McDonald’s callous conduct (To put this in perspective, McDonald’s revenue from coffee sales alone is in excess of $1.3 million a day.) Why did McDonald’s lose … Read more