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McDonald got the verdict it deserved, but later appeals reduced the sum to a much lower value IIRC not even covering the total medical expenses + lawyers.
by afiori 4y ago
McDonald got the verdict it deserved, but later appeals reduced the sum to a much lower value IIRC not even covering the total medical expenses + lawyers.
- bryanrasmussen 4y agoIt was reduced but in the wikipedia article linked above https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Rest... it says >The judge reduced punitive damages to $480,000, three times the compensatory amount, for a total of $640,000. The decision was appealed by both McDonald's and Liebeck in December 1994, but the parties settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. I would think that the settlement out of court was less than 640000, because it was McDonalds that was appealing, thus for them to drop it they would have to pay less than what they were going to anyway (I suppose) It also says >Liebeck died on August 5, 2004, at age 91. According to her daughter, "the burns and court proceedings (had taken) their toll" and in the years following the settlement Liebeck had "no quality of life". She said the settlement had paid for a live-in nurse. So I think it was still significantly more than the 160,000 the suit was originally for in order to afford a nurse.