They didn't actually get those damages. To quote wikipedia: > In addition, they awarded her $2.7 million in punitive damages. [...] The judge reduced punitive

They didn't actually get those damages. To quote wikipedia: > In addition, they awarded her $2.7 million in punitive damages. [...] 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.