re: Guy orders buffalo wings and gets mad they're spicy at Burger King

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The funny thing is that the McD's coffee lawsuit is the most commonly used example of a frivolous lawsuit when in reality it was totally legit.

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Exactly.

The lazy media ran with the "spill coffee on yourself and sue" storyline and never actually looked into what actually transpired.

Because of that, you have a generation of people that believe it was a frivolous lawsuit. Corporate lawyers even championed it as a reason to limit punitive damages.