That's really misleading. Back then Mc'D coffee was served at a very high temperature and something like 700 hundred people had, had burn damage from spills. Antiscald.com puts 3'rd degree burns at about 5 seconds exposure to 60 degree celsius and the coffee served was atleast 80.
Mc'D was aware they had a product that was dangerous and didn't do anything about it. When they were finally sued they lost and had to pay 160.000 to the old woman.
So where does the 2-3 million figure come from? It comes from the punitive damages. Punitive damages are money the company is forced to pay in order to deter them from continuing the dangerous practices. The 2.6 million dollars in this case is based on the profit from 2 days of coffee sales from Mc'D. The number was lowered to around 600.000$ and in the end settled for less out of court.
This woman was burned really badly and then mocked for months on national tv because "woman spills coffee - gets 2 million dollars" is better news material than the full story - Don't believe me? Google the pictures. I've spilled many a cup of coffee on myself, but it's never burned me like that.
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@KRyptic
That's really misleading. Back then Mc'D coffee was served at a very high temperature and something like 700 hundred people had, had burn damage from spills. Antiscald.com puts 3'rd degree burns at about 5 seconds exposure to 60 degree celsius and the coffee served was atleast 80.
Mc'D was aware they had a product that was dangerous and didn't do anything about it. When they were finally sued they lost and had to pay 160.000 to the old woman.
So where does the 2-3 million figure come from? It comes from the punitive damages. Punitive damages are money the company is forced to pay in order to deter them from continuing the dangerous practices. The 2.6 million dollars in this case is based on the profit from 2 days of coffee sales from Mc'D. The number was lowered to around 600.000$ and in the end settled for less out of court.
This woman was burned really badly and then mocked for months on national tv because "woman spills coffee - gets 2 million dollars" is better news material than the full story - Don't believe me? Google the pictures. I've spilled many a cup of coffee on myself, but it's never burned me like that.