Not sure if the comment was regarding the suicides. That would be a bit gruesome. But the US had been known to judge in favor of people being stupid and suing the company. Specifically this case comes to mind: https://abc7.com/amp/post/socal-woman-sues-starbucks-spilled...
But also cases like the 2 girls suing Snapchat and settling for unknown amounts of money.
That woman's labia fused as a result of coffee that internal emails showed they knew was frequently hotter than was safe.