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Originally posted by candyflip
$200k? That old bitty got millions. $20 million plus I think. For some reason, $40 million pops into my head...but I could be off there.
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>Actually, what usually happens is that the jury awards some rediculous amount, then in appeals (which you don't hear about) it gets knocked down to about a tenth of the original amount.
For example - I bet everyone knows about the woman who sued McDonald's and won $3mil for hot coffee right? I bet you don't know that a) it was appealed and she got just inder $300k (a far cry from 3mil) b) that particular McD's was written up at least 3 other times for serving coffee too hot c) there were many other complaints on the same thing(too hot coffee) at that location. d) the money she got barely covered her medical bills (she had 2nd and 3rd degree burns in her crotch and had to have several runs of transplant surgery to replace damaged skin....
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