Posted on 03/04/2014 7:41:21 AM PST by chessplayer
Bunk. The coffee she was served was between 180-190° Fahrenheit, standard for McDonald's at the time. Starbucks, today, serves coffee at about 185°.
To me though, it's irrelevant. She spilled it on herself. How in the world is that McDonald's liability? I could understand if a McDonald's employee dropped it on her while handing it to her in the drive-through window, or a defective cup collapsed and spilled all the coffee on her, but no: she parked her car and spilled it on herself on her own fault.
The reason she won that lawsuit is because it was McDonald's. Jurors have a tendency to award when it's a large corporation that is the defendant. "Oh, it's McDonald's, they won't miss a six-figure amount, it's nothing to them." If she sued a small Mom and Pop coffee store, she probably would not have won, and certainly not such an absurd amount.
The real looney would be the lawyer who’d accept his case.
I’d love to know the history of the lawyer that took this case. Guessing slimey as can be.
“He’s just trying his luck at the Litigation Lottery. People file these types of lawsuits all the time hoping for quick out-of-court settlements.”
My wife calls it the California get rich lottery named “Sue them!”
We notice a lot of the Obama voters deliberately walking in the back of a vehicle that is backing up, sometimes glaring at the driver.
He could’ve gotten out of the car, gone inside and grabbed 5 or 10 extra napkins but then he might’ve been tempted to grab some extra salt too, which could also have been as deadly as getting out of the car...for him, anyway.
I think I’ll sue Webster Lucas for “undue mental anguish” for having to read about these ridiculous and frivilous lawsuits that only clog the courts. This guy should be locked up. He’s a danger to society.
The real reason for this suit is not disclosed.
All fast food restaurants have been forced to control the availability of napkins at many of their restaurants due to the ‘homeless’ stealing them to use as toilet paper.
and judge that allows such trash in his court ought to be suspended.
>> “Wonder how long his record is and which rr box car he lives in.” <<
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Exactly!
He could’ve gotten out of the car, gone inside and grabbed 5 or 10 extra napkins
But the undue mental anguish/collapse prevented him from thinking about that.
Did they ask for more napkins?
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I just reach between the seats and grab what I need. When there isn’t any between the seats, I look in the center console. If the center console is empty, I check the glove box. If the glove box is empty, I check under the seats.
... “
Same here, but by then my hands are clean !
;)
I also reach out for napkins in the center console. Or a salt packet and ketchup thingee for the french fries. There is a supply of sugar packets for my coffee and some kleenex in case of a runny nose. There is also a “book of the week” in case I go into the eatery.
If they are NOT there....Oh, Lord, I’m in someone else’s car. Now I’m in trouble.
Wierd. Any McD’s I’ve been to in Canada, the staff don’t give out napkins as they have self-serve dispensers for napkins.
Someone should give that idiot a napkin and a knuckle sandwich.
Maybe they couldn’t spare a square.
IF the man used the drive-up window, the staff puts the napkins into the bag.
That case was actually worse than commonly believed. Look into it and see her burns. It wasn’t just hot. It was negligently hot, which is why she won.”””
The temp of the human body is about 98.6.
Just exactly what should the temp of coffee be which would be considered TOO HOT?
I contend that there is no such point of heat.
Dirty Lawsuit from va Dirty Customer.
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