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McDonald’s $3 million coffee case

Trade Tuesdays In 1992, a 79-year-old lady Stella Liebeck bought a cup of takeout coffee at the McDonald’s in New Mexico, she spilled it on her lap. She sued McDonald’s and ultimately the jury awarded her nearly 3 million dollars in punitive damages for the burns she suffered. We may have heard of “frivolous lawsuits” […]