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Ralph's house

机译：拉尔夫的房子

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When Stella Liebeck, a 79-year-old grandmother, sued McDonald's after scalding herself with hot coffee in 1992, she became the butt of countless jokes. When a jury awarded her $2.7m in punitive damages, the case was held up as an example of frivolous lawsuits and of juries run amok. In fact the case was less clear-cut. Mrs Liebeck, who needed skin grafts to treat third-degree burns, sued only when the fast-food chain declined to pay all her medical expenses. During the trial it emerged that McDonald's served its coffee far hotter than home-brewed java. The jury also heard there were 700 other instances of bad burns from McDonald's coffees served too hot. The jury's suggested punitive award of $2.7m was roughly the equivalent of two days' worth of coffee sales. The judge reduced the damages to $480,000. The case was later settled for an undisclosed amount.
机译：1992年，现年79岁的祖母斯特拉·利贝克（Stella Liebeck）起诉麦当劳后，在自己喝热咖啡的时候烫伤了她，她成了无数笑话的源头。当陪审团判给她270万美元的惩罚性赔偿时，该案被视为轻率诉讼和陪审团无果而终的例子。实际上，此案不那么明确。利贝克夫人需要皮肤移植物来治疗三度烧伤，只有在快餐连锁店拒绝支付她所有的医疗费用时，她才提起诉讼。在审判过程中，发现麦当劳的咖啡比自制的爪哇咖啡更热。陪审团还听说，还有700例麦当劳咖啡烫伤严重的例子。陪审团建议的惩罚性赔偿为270万美元，大致相当于两天的咖啡销售额。法官将赔偿金减至480,000美元。案件后来被和解，金额不详。

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    《The economist》 |2015年第8959期|27-27|共1页
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