Pss. Why not?
I hope a judge with a brain got this case. If it was me I would suggest that the woman account for the fact that the majority of people like their coffee hot - if she’d wanted it cold she should have asked for it cold - and that the generally accepted way of drinking coffee is to put it in your mouth and swallow, not pour it over yourself. If a cup is damaged then you don’t even pick it up in the first place and if you are clumsy enough to spill it on yourself then you shouldn’t be so conceited as to try and blame it on the cup owner.
What’s next, waivers so you can get a cup of coffee? A disclaimer when I go to the pub in case I sit on a broken chair, fall off it, and look a complete tit in front of my mates and then want to sue for emotional distress.
I heard a story about a restaurant (they get all the lawsuits!) that had big front windows. They were sparkling clean and some [i cant stress it enough!!!]IDIOT[/i cant stress it enough!!!] walked into it thinking that it was an open doorway and then successfully sued the company because the window did not have a sign saying “This is not a door!” on it.
What is the world coming to??
If this is evolution then stop the bus…
Nessie Lives!
(and “incognuity” should be a word!)
C’mon, guys, stop raggin’ on the poor lady who spilled coffee on her lap.
I don’t know much of the case, but I hear she has large scars for life.
I’m sure the judge wasn’t a total dufus. All I here is outrage for a million dollars going to spilt coffee. I don’t here any facts of the case, just outrage.
Perhaps the coffee was hotter than it should have been?
There’s always another beer.
Actually yes, the coffee was much hotter than it should have been. The lady in question required skin grafts(in a rather sensitive place in fact).
Also the McDonalds in question had already had complaints filed against it for that same reason. And it’s not like the lady was driving at the time or anything. (If fact she was in the drivers side seat, and the car was not moving)
There are plenty of examples of frivolous lawsuits, but I’m not sure that this is one of them.
Profanity is the crutch of the inarticulate mother-fucker.
McDonalds was the coffee maker, serving the beverage at 160 degrees F. At this temp, one second of contact will cause burns requiring medical care. In other words, no-one who doesn’t possess an asbestos mouth would drink it at this temp. They had been wraned before to not serve their coffee so freakin’ hot. They were the dummies here, not the woman.
On the other hand, it is getting awfully easy for stupid people to live long and prosper. (Stupid does not = undeducated in my book.)
Bucky
I can’t find the thread where this spilt coffee lawsuit was whipped to death, but I put a link in there that showed the coffee was not too hot. According to the American Coffee Association (or some similarly named group) coffee is supposed to be served between 180 and 185 degrees.
Gee, I don’t think any of us expected him to say that.
Wasn’t there a lawsuit some years back, where a guy went skiing in an area with all these “warning - do not ski here - go back” signs posted, and then got lost for 3 days until the ski patrol found him, and then sued the ski resort and won?
another bad law suit would be the goverment suing the companys at love canal :). The school board that bought the property from the company knew that the chemicals would show up but the goverment likes making other people pay for its mistakes. 
One more thing about the case of the McDonalds coffee-in-her-lap lady:
The reason she sued McDonalds in the first place was that her medical insurance company refused to cover the cost of her treatment. The insurance company said McDonalds was liable.
Hmmm. Seems like I read someplace, long ago, that our little toes are becoming vestigial. Any truth to that? I can’t say I’d miss mine if it were gone…
David B,
Thanks for the link. There is some good info to be found there. I have a question about 1 of the posts on it.
I understand how a more nutritionaly balanced diet could make people taller. But what does artificial lighting have to do with it?
Can anyone help me out?
Just putting my 2sense in.
Tyranny,* like Hell*,* is not easily conquered*.
-Thomas Paine (fugitive slave catcher)