Woman sues McDonald’s after hot coffee spills on her lap (not again)

KDVR, Fox 31, Denver ^ | 3:54 pm, October 25, 2013 | David Mitchell

[Olog-hai]

A woman from Clovis, Calif. is suing McDonald’s for negligence after hot coffee she bought at the fast food restaurant spilled on her lap and burned her.

The attorney for 74-year-old Joan Fino says settlement talks between his client and McDonald’s ended Thursday without an agreement. …

Fino says coffee spilled on her lap at the drive-up window and gave her second degree burns in her groin area. …

[Hacksaw]

There are moronic Freepers who actually defend the original hot coffee lady. You can almost hear the violins in the background.

[Hacksaw]

I can’t ever drink it for about 15 minutes after I buy it

You sound like another person who shouldn't buy coffee. You do know it's made with boiling water, right?

[Hacksaw]

Stella Leibeck suffered second and third degree burns over 16% of her body, spent a week in the hospital, and only sued McDonald’s, who had been repeatedly warned that 180 degree coffee was too hot, refused to cover her medical bills.

Cue the violins. Perhaps the idiot should not have put the coffee between her legs. She "only" sued McDonald's, eh? Perhaps whoever built her car was responsible for her stupidity too. People like you and her should not go outside.

[Hacksaw]

She was widely criticized as being an opportunist. To the contrary, her intentions were modest.

She, her lawyer, and the people who defend her, are parasites.

[9YearLurker]

Drive up windows just seem to me like the ultimate in American laziness. Getting out of the car and walking to the counter and back is too much exercise? Really?

[Flag_This]

"Drive up windows just seem to me like the ultimate in American laziness."

You never use a drive-thru window?

American businesses figured out that they could sell more product more rapidly, and thus increase their profit margins, by using drive-thrus. If you enjoy standing around by a McDonald's counter for 10 minutes, knock yourself out. I would much rather get my food quickly and go on about my business. It's got nothing to do with "American laziness."

[bandleader]

ENOUGH,ALREADY!If the coffe hadn’t been hot enough,she would have taken it back and bitched and moaned!!Where does”Personal Responsibility”come into “REAL LIFE”???

[9YearLurker]

Why is a drive-through faster than a counter?

[Lazamataz]

“That’s nothing. I once skimmed the dross off of molten lead with my genitals. I didn’t even wince, nor showed any pain whatsoever. My boss panicked and asked if I needed help, and I said, “No, I feel great.” And I did.”

That’s nothing. I was on my boat cleaning a freshly caught King salmon. The boat rocked and I slipped with my fillet knife. I cut my .... Mr. Happy clean off. I sat down and using a barbed hook with 80 pound fishing line, I sewed it back on. I used duct tape for bandaging. My fishing buddy asked me if I was okay, and I said, “I feel great.” And I did. I went back to fishing and had my buddy fetch me a cup of steaming hot coffee.

That's nothing. I was once eating a nice hot meal of razor blades and ground glass, and I accidentally bumped into a pack of rabid dobermans who had laser eyeballs that burned everything they looked at, and who when they barked, barked clouds of killer bees. I inhaled the swarm of killer bees (all of whom had little tiny chainsaws) and the killer bees cut their way out of my lungs. I simply stapled my chest together, and my Priest rushed over and asked if I was okay. I said, "Never better! I feel fine!" and he got me a cup of hot steaming coffee.

[Lazamataz]

They should serve coffee as a lump of ice, with instructions on how to microwave it into hot coffee again.

[Lazamataz]

Drive up windows just seem to me like the ultimate in American laziness

I like the South. We have drive-through liquor stores. WHOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!

[9YearLurker]

I know in NH, at least, it didn’t used to be illegal to be driving with an open drink in a car—only to be drunk while driving.

[BraveMan]

Wow! That’s a tough sac!

Must look like burlap . . .

[GailA]

every heard of putting your cream and sugar in at a table before you go to your car? I’ve been drinking coffee and cold drinks from fast food for years, never had a accident that was not my fault, because I failed to get the lid on right.

I drink my coffee from one of those steel cups that keeps your coffee hot, and a few times I’ve not screwed the lid on tight enough, the burn was my fault, not the cups’.

[Anton.Rutter]

If you’re too lazy to walk in and too clumsy to hold a cup you’re supposed to get paid?

[Flag_This]

"Why is a drive-through faster than a counter?"

The drive-thru is given priority. Just compare the activity at the drive-thru with the counter next time you go in for some fast food. If it's a busy time, you will have to wait regardless.

[packrat35]

Aww! that’s nothing. I once got my nuts bitten off my rottweilers, who then ate them. I grabbed one of them and cut off their nuts and sewed them back on to me-then I downed a steaming hot cup of coffee!

[yldstrk]

the coffee I make in my coffee maker at home is just right, so therefore McD’s is too frickin hot

[newnhdad]

Isn’t it a state law that requires hot beverages be served at over a certain temp? I remember that we had to have a cup and a thermometer and if the coffee dropped below 160 over a period of 20 minutes or so, we had to make it hotter so it stayed at or above the legal requirement.

[Gene Eric]

>> She, her lawyer, and the people who defend her, are parasites.

Then let’s get rid of workman’s comp and every OSHA-related law while we’re at it since only deserving idiots cut off their arms with unguarded blades.