Fireplace Grate Heaters. Fireplace heaters are highly recommended fireplace accessories that increase fireplace efficiency and decrease home heating costs by circulating cold air into the grate and warm air back out into the room being heated.
In 1992, 79-year-old Stella Liebeck bought a cup of takeout coffee at a McDonaldâs drive-thru in Albuquerque and spilled it on her lap. She sued McDonaldâs and a jury awarded her nearly $3 million in punitive damages for the burns she suffered. Typical reaction: Isnât coffee supposed to be hot?
(6th ed. 1990) p.35, col. 1.). In Starbucks, the defendant coffee company was sued because it included certain statutorily prohibited questions in its form job applications. The statute at issue there, similar to the TCPA, provided that a plaintiff could recover actual damages, statutory damages and treble damages. Starbucks, supra, 168 Cal.App.4th at 1442. As noted by the Appellate Court, the plaintiffâs request for statutory damages of $200 per applicant exceeded a whopping $26 million.