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Thanks to TV cop shows, most Americans can probably recite the Miranda warnings, but do they know when the warnings do–and do not–apply? Tort reformers cite the $2.7 million in punitive damages a jury awarded a little old lady in Albuquerque when the cup of coffee she had set between her legs spilled and scalded her. These crusaders against “excessive” damage awards do not usually note that the trial judge reduced the award to $480,000, or that the coffee was 20 degrees ho…
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