During the trial it was revealed that McDonald’s knew that heating their coffee to this temperature would be dangerous, but they did it anyways because it would save them money. When you serve coffee that is too hot to drink, it will take much longer for a person to drink their coffee, which means that McDonald’s will not have to give out as many free refills of coffee. This policy by the fast food chain is the reason the jury awarded $2.7 million dollars in punitive damages in the McDonald’s hot coffee case. Punitive damages are meant to punish the defendant for their inappropriate business practice.

  • @assassin_aragorn
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    11 year ago

    are somehow dummies that don’t understand the real facts that you found by “doing your own research on the internet.”

    Oh the irony of a random person on the Internet saying this to a chemical engineer

    • @[email protected]
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      01 year ago

      LOL, a chemical engineer that’s not capable of sticking a thermometer into a cup of coffee to verify what the temperature of coffee is.