The famous McDonald’s lawsuit was not righteous. The burns were second degree because the woman held the cup between her legs, the pressure popped the lid off and the hot coffee rolled down her lap and cooked her crotch. The burns were severe. But in the end she spilled it on herself and as another FReeper said some risk are “assumed”. “Hot coffee” does not mean lukewarm coffee.
You might want to lookup the specifics of the case on McDonalds. The coffee was heated beyond recommended levels and as a result most establishments lowered temps. McDonald’s restaurants were required to serve coffee between 180 and 190 degrees. At this temperature, spilled coffee causes third-degree burns in less than 3 seconds. Home coffee makers typically brew coffee at about 135-150 degrees. McDonalds had over 700 complaints before this. All Mrs Liebeck asked was that McDonlads pay her $2000 hospital bill. They offered $800 so she sued.
100% guaranteed biden voter. I could never bring myself to do a lawsuit like this, I would feel shame with myself. These kind of lawsuits do nothing but take just a little more away from the enjoyment of life for everyone else. I don’t care if its starbucks in particular, this result will be an increased insurance and liability risk to all businesses which will result in luke warm coffee or just the elimination of coffee as its not worth the risk, liability, or cost. This happens in everything and over time incrementally anything that 99.9999999% do and enjoy every day without incident slowly goes away because one joker out of 6 billion was a jackass and either misued something, or there was a legitamate accident.
I am ok with lawsuits when blatant negligence is a factor such as trying to cut costs on a well defined maintenance structure. Those kind of lawsuits encourage compliance with known safety issues when not corrupted by democrat politicians as a means to crush competition. But these frivolous lawsuits take just a little bit away from everybody bit by bit until all we have left is california