[Exoristos]

McDonald's revenue in 1992 was almost $5,000,000,000.[0]

0. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/business/mcdonald-s-net-u...

[QuantumNomad_]

And yet even the $20,000 she initially asked for to cover health expenses was apparently too much according to McD execs.

[array_key_first]

I think it's about sending a message, and maybe also about ego to a lesser extent. If you pay the 20,000 you're admitting you did something wrong. Of course they did do something wrong. They did something wrong thousands, probably millions of times. And they got very lucky to only be sued once. Which is why they paid millions.