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McDonald's napkin lawsuit: Man suing McDonald's for only giving one napkin
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Posted on 03/04/2014 7:41:21 AM PST by chessplayer

A man named Webster Lucas is so upset with McDonald's that he has decided to file a lawsuit against them for $1.5 million, but it's not for any reason you could possibly imagine. TMZ reported on Feb. 27, 2014, that the California man is suing McDonald's because they gave him only one napkin with the meal that he ordered and received.

Lucas contacted the general manager via email and said that he was suffering from "undue mental anguish" and that stopped him from going to work. He also says that the general manager tried to make amends by offering him free food at McDonald's, but that wasn't enough.

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KEYWORDS: lawsuit; loserpays; mcdonalds; napkinlawsuit; ntsa; tortreform; triallawyers
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To: rwfromkansas
"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."

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.

41 posted on 03/04/2014 8:18:23 AM PST by PaulCruz2016
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To: chessplayer

The real looney would be the lawyer who’d accept his case.


42 posted on 03/04/2014 8:18:58 AM PST by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice.)
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To: chessplayer

I’d love to know the history of the lawyer that took this case. Guessing slimey as can be.


43 posted on 03/04/2014 8:20:06 AM PST by super7man
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To: Drew68

“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.


44 posted on 03/04/2014 8:21:40 AM PST by Grampa Dave ( Obozo Care is a Trinity of Lies! Obozo Care is probably a serious Black Swan event.)
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To: chessplayer

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.


45 posted on 03/04/2014 8:21:41 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: chessplayer

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.


46 posted on 03/04/2014 8:29:46 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: chessplayer

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.


47 posted on 03/04/2014 8:31:09 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: chessplayer

and judge that allows such trash in his court ought to be suspended.


48 posted on 03/04/2014 8:32:37 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Sacajaweau

>> “Wonder how long his record is and which rr box car he lives in.” <<

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Exactly!


49 posted on 03/04/2014 8:32:53 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: equaviator

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.


50 posted on 03/04/2014 8:33:23 AM PST by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

Did they ask for more napkins?


51 posted on 03/04/2014 8:37:54 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: mountn man

...”
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 !
;)


52 posted on 03/04/2014 8:45:18 AM PST by daku
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To: mountn man

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.


53 posted on 03/04/2014 8:54:18 AM PST by CaptainAmiigaf (NY TIMES: We print the news as it fits our views.)
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To: chessplayer

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.


54 posted on 03/04/2014 9:12:28 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind, but now I see...)
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To: editor-surveyor

55 posted on 03/04/2014 9:13:13 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: chessplayer

Someone should give that idiot a napkin and a knuckle sandwich.


56 posted on 03/04/2014 9:17:31 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: chessplayer

Maybe they couldn’t spare a square.


57 posted on 03/04/2014 9:22:22 AM PST by Defiant (Let the Tea Party win, and we will declare peace on the American people and go home.)
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To: molson209

IF the man used the drive-up window, the staff puts the napkins into the bag.


58 posted on 03/04/2014 9:40:49 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: rwfromkansas

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.


59 posted on 03/04/2014 9:43:05 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: chessplayer

Dirty Lawsuit from va Dirty Customer.


60 posted on 03/04/2014 9:44:23 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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