Class Action Lawsuits and Lawyers

For example, in the widely reported case involving a person scalded by a cup of McDonald's coffee, the trial court reduced the plaintiff's $2.7 million punitive damage award to $480,000 (three times the compensatory damages). 15. Congressional Budget Office calculation based on "Civil Terminations, 2000," Federal Court Cases: Integrated Data Base (Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.
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