A jury previously awarded Shannon Phillips $25.6 million.

  • thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    1 year ago

    An important caveat is that she was not the first person seriously injured by the temperatures they were keeping the coffee at.

    McD decided the money they were saving on free coffee refills was more important than injuring their customers, which is why the punitive damages were awarded.

    The lady who got the money was just the one a judge actually paid attention to.

    • visak@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      Somewhat paid attention. The jury awarded two days of coffee revenue. The judge cut it to 3x the compensatory damages, about a half day of coffee revenue. I don’t recall if there was a law on the books about that. Some states have “tort reform” laws that limit punitive damages.