Cartageno
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Also extremely important here - she originally did not want that much money, just when McD balked and offered her something akin to a discount on a muffin with her next coffee the whole thing started.all she wanted was the medical expenses
And it should also be remembered when talking about these huge sums US damage lawsuits have that there's a good reason for that (whether it's good enough to outweigh the disadvantages is open to debate but it is sensible in itself): If you make a great multinational company pay only actual damages, it is virtually no money to them, so they are not inclined to change damaging behavior. Thus, these lawsuits are intended to be felt even by a large company.
The US - in my opinion - is way too happy to sue over minimal damages caused by maximal stupidity with minimal influence from the one sued, not least because of non-optimal rules about how lawyers are getting paid, but the "McDonald's coffee case" is not a good example for it.