The McDonalds hot coffee case is absolutely sane and reasonable. The woman who was injured only sought $20,000 to cover her expenses due to the injury. McDonalds refused to settle before trial, where a jury found McDonalds 80% at fault and awarded the large damages. These were scaled back by a judge, the decision was appealed by McDonalds, and they settled out of court before the appeal case.

But yes they have successfully run a smear campaign to make you think that a greedy woman went after millions of dollars for an injury that she alone caused, which is a wildly inaccurate summation of the situation.