From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 05 2002 - 13:08:48 MDT
Charles Hixson wrote:
> Here are some google results on the coffee case...
>
> > http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
> > http://www.citizen.org/congress/civjus/tort/myths/articles.cfm?ID=785
> > http://www.cooter-ulen.com/tort_liability.htm#McDonald's%20Coffee%20Case
> > http://www.corleyganem.com/summation.htm
I wasn't there either, but judging by the newspaper stories circulating at
the
time, the award was partially justified, and partially punitive. But the
case *sounds* so silly, that people keep picking it up as an example of a
bad
judgement. It doesn't seem to have been one.
### What's good about this judgement?
Rafal
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