Re: courts and justice in the US, it's a (medieval) joke *spilling hot coffee*
That, by the way, is libellous, since it's definitely untrue (check it out, as another poster said) and defamatory (the word extort rarely has cuddly connotations).
The coffee was served at 90 degrees Celsius at a drive through, and she suffered third-degree burns. She only asked for medical bills to be covered.