McD's got slapped on that one for being dickheads...all they had to do was pay her doctor bills and apologize, but instead they treated her like she didn't matter, nor did her injuries.

When you bring a little old lady with 3rd degree burns into a courtroom, introduce evidence that shows McD's knew the coffee was way to hot to be serving, but that their marketing department told them that cheap coffee tastes better to consumers if it is scalding hot, and show that they treated her like $hit when she got burned, there's your recipe for massive punitive damages.

If the insurance companies don't like paying for those lawsuits, then they should not insure companies that act like that...end of problem.

Fish on...

Todd