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Hot coffee that was spilled meaning?

Hi, What is the meaning of hot coffee that was spilled in the following text?

Then it shocked the reader with a collection of some of the country's zaniest verdicts. Three million dollars against a fast food chain for hot coffee that was spilled.

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Someone bought hot coffee from a restaurant, spilled it and got burned, and then successfully sued the restaurant for damages. You could say eg A court awarded three million dollars damages against a fast food chain for selling very hot coffee to a customer who then spilled it on himself.

  • Someone bought hot coffee from a restaurant, spilled it and got burned, and then successfully sued the restaurant for damages.
  • You could say eg A court awarded three million dollars damages against a fast food chain for selling very hot coffee to a customer who then spilled it on himself.
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Someone bought hot coffee from a restaurant, spilled it and got burned, and then successfully sued the restaurant for damages.

You could say eg A court awarded three million dollars damages against a fast food chain for selling very hot coffee to a customer who then spilled it on himself.

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