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In My Personal Injury Lawsuit, Could I Get A Jury Award Like That McDonald's Coffee Case?

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Could you win a huge award like the McDonald's coffee case? Only with facts to match, cautions Pierce County, Washington attorney Spencer Freeman. That verdict wasn't about spilled coffee—the coffee was dangerously overheated and caused severe burns requiring skin grafts and lasting scarring. Jurors saw the lifelong severity, which headlines omit. An appellate court trimmed the award, but not dramatically.

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Answered by Spencer Freeman · Pierce County, WA

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— the reaction 'everybody knows coffee is hot,' and why it misleads

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— the details people miss: severe burns requiring skin grafts

Frequently Asked Questions

Could you win a huge award like the hot-coffee case?

Only with facts to match—that verdict wasn't about spilled coffee, since the coffee was dangerously overheated and caused severe burns.

What do the headlines leave out?

The severity—the burns required skin grafts and caused lasting scarring, a lifelong impact jurors saw but headlines omit, and while an appellate court trimmed the award, it wasn't cut dramatically.

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