The jury reached a verdict on August 18th, funding Ms.Liebeck 20% fault for the burn incident, and McDonalds’s 80 % at fault. Liebeck was awarded 160000 in compensatory damages and 2.7 million in punitive damages which came from the total earnings of hot coffee made by McDonalds in only 2 days. Then the judge reduced that figure to 480000, giving Stella a total of around 640000.Case had been filed before the Liebeck decision were settled privately out of court, in an effort to avoid bad publicity and more consumer confrontation.