payouts are relative to the damages and how much of a "punishment" it is to the party that caused the situation, in this case mcdonalds has tons of money so forcing them to give 3 million is a lot relative to them, if it was a mom and pop coffee shop the payout wouldn't be that much relative to the mcdonalds payout as the mom and pop shop don't have 3 million to even pay so the courts would make them pay the relative amount they had to punish them.
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