Perhaps, there is no greater case standing for the excesses oflitigation than the McDonald’s Coffee case. If you are not familiarwith this case, Mrs. Stella Liebeck (79 years old) was ridingshotgun in the McDonald’s drive-thru and ordered a cup of coffee.She set the cup of coffee between her legs and as her son took off,the lid on the coffee came loose resulting in scalding hot coffeeburning Mrs. Liebeck’s groin. She sued McDonald’s alleging severaldifferent theories including breach of warranty. At the conclusionof her jury trial, Mrs. Liebeck received $160,000 in compensatorydamages and $2.7 million in punitive damages, much to the
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