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Originally Posted by Mountaineer
And that's McD's fault???  The woman got $600,000 because she put coffee between her knees to remove the LID?? Are you freaking kidding me? This certainly was a frivolous law suit. (IMHO) |
Here is another thing you need to realize. I jury can award whatever they think is appropriate. They person or persons suing might ask for to take care of their medical bills and other reasonable expenses as a result of their damage. Punitive damages are there to make an example out of the people or company responsible so it will discourage other similar behavior. A jury can award any number they feel in many cases unless there is a law or statue that prevents this. I guarantee you that McDs did not lose a lot of their money to that lawsuit. As a matter of fact McDs has prospered since then. And even if the women were at fault, no one expects to buy a product and expect to have a major medical procedure for a simple mistake. We are not talking about handling a firearm. We are talking about drinking a cup of coffee.
If there was not a threat of a lawsuit, there would be companies that would continue to hurt the public and not consider safety. And still we have companies that put harmful components to products (Led in toys from China as an example) and the threat of a lawsuit should be apart of equation when they are negligent.
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