Posted on 11/17/2005 8:49:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
A Staten Island woman wants $10 million for being scalded by a cup of coffee.
Sharon Shea said she suffered second- and third-degree burns to her legs when two steaming cups of joe tumbled out of the carrier tray as she and a friend drove away from the Dunkin' Donuts parking lot on Forest Avenue.
Shea insists the coffee was too hot and the work- ers didn't fasten the lids tightly enough.
"The [drive-thru] girl had positioned them where they were in the same line [on the tray], they weren't cattycorner," said Shea, 60.
"Just as the car was about to stop, the coffee — those lids couldn't have been on tight, no way in the world — the coffee toppled over onto my leg, and right away I said, 'I'm dying, I'm dead!' "
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Apparently. People, especially Americans (oh, the irony), want a Whiffle Life on a Nerf Planet.
This is why I can't get a hot cup of coffee anywhere. We need to stop this crap.
The lady from that case purchased an item she had to reasonably assume was going to be served hot, and placed such item between her legs before removing the lid, an action she decided on without the slightest duress from any outside force, including McDonald's employees.
In short, her actions precipitated her injuries, which makes it 100% her fault, no matter what some brain dead fools sitting in a jury box thought.
Common sense would dictate that, yes, but you have to remember, it was that way for bartenders once.
The specific circumstances were ignored, though.
The specific circumstances surrounding the McD case were ignored because all anyone knows about the case is that an old lady got a bundle for spilling coffee on her lap. If this thing, by some miracle, goes to a jury then that's all jury will know, too.
I believe you are a troll and your purpose here is to make FreeRepublic look bad.
No rational person wishes to pour scalding water in the manner and for the purpose you suggest. You are a nut.
time to set a cap on all coffee dealers of 97 degrees for a cup of joe
This Dunkin' Donuts is in my neighborhood, and I've been there before. This story is very fishy, to say the least.
Another dolt from GuidoIsland. Probably works for the city, like most folks on the socially "conservative"/fiscally stupid/congenitally corrupt open air dump that is Richmond County. ;-)
I figure it's the guy with the vicious-looking dog on the billboard!
Of course, the real problem with this type of lawsuit is the donut shops will start serving coffee that's colder. When I want it hot, I want it HOT dammit!
Sounds like Steve Bosell.
...I'm RICH!!!
Starbucks doesn't put lids on drinks anymore precisely for this reason. You have to do it yourself these days.
My apologies. My comment was completely inappropriate. I am guilty of not engaging brain first.
Huh. Forest Avenue - I grew up in that area of Queens. I seem to remember the IQ pool being a little higher back then.
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