Fearless leader #1 and #2...
Posted on 07/02/2013 9:31:46 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
RIVER EDGE — A Florida man filed a lawsuit today claiming he suffered serious burns from a spilled cup of hot coffee while dining at a McDonald's restaurant in Bergen County, according to a report on NorthJersey.com.
The 54-year-old plaintiff is seeking an unspecified amount in compensatory and punitive damages, the report said.
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They made a documentary about her. Apparently she did suffer some substantial burns because she was pushing 90 and her skin was especially vulnerable. Particularly in the area of her lap where she spilled it. Still not McD’s fault.
The reason the old lady won the first McDonald’s law suit 25 years ago because it was shown in court that McDonalds had a policy to serve the coffee as hot as possible to dissuade coffee drinks from bring the cups back to the counter and pester the staff for free refills, which I guess is common for older citizens to do. I saw pics of the old lady’s burns on her legs. They burns were really horrible.
Somewhere at this very minute, a traditional marriage supporting black Democrat is saying Obama burned him.
The link I added to post #2 discusses this case, and refutes a great deal of the pro-plaintiff bias given in trial lawyers’ explanations of the case.
Then there was the man who was receiving a coffee enema to treat cancer and when it began to flow, he screamed “Oooooo!”.
“Too hot?” asked the nurse.
“No, too sweet!”
Apparently its not enough for these braindead idiots!!
Please see post #24.
Fearless leader #1 and #2...
Scalded, technically.
Judgement was reduced to a pitiance on appeal though. Most people don’t know that.
Please see the link at post #2.
This whole freakin country is swirling down the toilet. Everyone is looking for something for nothing. This dope spills hot coffee on himself? Well then why should he have to work for a living when he can sucker some stupid jury into awarding him millions from McDonalds? I mean, McDonalds is a “greedy” “rich” corporation that isn’t paying its “fair share” of taxes. And then when the price of a hamburger goes up, we can rant and rave about how McDonalds is screwing us by jacking up prices to make a “profit.”
This scam has already been tried.
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This scam is so old it is the plotline of a Seinfeld episode.
How original.
It’s lawsuit lottery.
If you are ever in Albuquerque, you can visit the McDonalds where the old woman burned herself with coffee back in the 90s. It’s the one located at Montgomery and Tramway.
Yes, but the backstory is that Micky Dee's started offering free coffee refills, and had deliberately jacked up the coffee temperature to make to too hot to slurp to slow down the drinkers and reduce the number of refills one could drink in a given time period.
That's why they lost, they were deliberately putting out a dangerously scaldingly hot product, a sudden change made without any notice or warning.
Please see the link at post #2.
You’re right. It’s like deja vu all over again! LOL.
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