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Americans aren’t actually that litigious. This perception was created as part of a public misinformation campaign by McDonalds to try to win sympathy when they made their coffee way hotter than it should have ever been, and were sued when a customer had their labia fused together when the coffee spilled in their lap.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald’s_Restaurants
If I understand correctly the order of information is The event > Local news report I posted > this posts update from the school district