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To: Geoff Goodfellow who wrote (21257)	1/18/2001 1:18:01 AM
From: Tahoetech	Respond to of 29987

>>A jury awarded Stella Liebeck of New Mexico nearly $2.9 million in 1994 after she was burned by spilled McDonald's coffee two years earlier. A judge later reduced the punitive damages to $480,000, and she eventually settled for an undisclosed sum that was under $600,000. << correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't this because McDonalds figured it would cost them more (in lawyer fees) to appeal than to just settle... I do agree with you, though, the courts these days offer too many variables for anything litigious...I truly hope G* can stay out of one...