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> The trial judge reduced the punitive damages to three times the amount of the compensatory damages, totalling $640,000. The parties settled for a confidential amount before an appeal was decided.
> Liebeck died on August 5, 2004, at age 91. According to her daughter, "the burns and court proceedings (had taken) their toll" and in the years following the settlement Liebeck had "no quality of life". She said the settlement had paid for a live-in nurse.
literally
the
one
thing
that jury trials are good for
and thd judge has carte blanche to completely negate it
the common law is nothing but money laundering for rich people
> Liebeck died on August 5, 2004, at age 91. According to her daughter, "the burns and court proceedings (had taken) their toll" and in the years following the settlement Liebeck had "no quality of life". She said the settlement had paid for a live-in nurse.
literally
the
one
thing
that jury trials are good for
and thd judge has carte blanche to completely negate it
the common law is nothing but money laundering for rich people