Cream, Sugar, and Punitive Damages
It's the most famous "frivolous lawsuit" in America: a woman spills McDonald's coffee in her lap and sues. Maggie walks Joel through what really happened in Albuquerque in 1992, and Joel finds out almost everything he "knew" about the hot coffee case is wrong. Plus: why the punitive part of a verdict can be insured in one state and not in the next, and what seven hundred complaints mean to a jury.
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