![There was a discussion yesterday about the woman who sued McDonalds because their coffee was too hot. I was suspicious of her name and decided to look her up. She is rather (((tribal))) looking [460x276 - 25KB]](https://pic8.co/sh/elAJcK.jpg){kind=link}
Prior to lawsuit that McDonalds in particular had been issued a warning about storing their coffee at to high of temperatures. Both from state inspectors as well as McDonalds corporate.
The caused 3rd degree burns and nerve damage. The victim didn't go to a lawyer immediately. She asked for the franchise to pay medical bills. They declined. She went to corporate with the evidence that they and the state said it was being stored beyond safe temperatures and asked for medical bill coverage. They declined. When she ran out of options she went to a lawyer and McDonalds ran a smear campaign against her as example of the prevalence of frivolous lawsuits. She had a legitimate complain and McDonalds shot themselves in the foot.
No, she asked them to pay medical bill plus the same amount again in unspecified "anticipated costs." Either way, I don't see why McDonalds should have to pay medical bills for her carelessness.
Expecting hot drinks to be "safe" to spill on yourself is retarded. As McDonalds pointed out in the lawsuit, any food above 130 F presents a scalding risk. Even if they had stored it at the temperature she demanded she still would have been burned (and probably still would have come running for money).
I do not agree she had a legitimate complaint and if I had been on that jury I wouldn't have given her a cent. Her "lack of options" was her own fault, not theirs.
Expecting hot drinks to be "safe" to spill on yourself is retarded.
Nobody expected drinks to be safe to spill, they expected that they be safe to drink. If they were safe to drink it just so happens that they'd be safe to spill.
Even if they had stored it at the temperature she demanded she still would have been burned (and probably still would have come running for money).
You and McDonald's are jewing the word "burned." Being burned by 130 degree water just hurts. That's the temperature my water heater is set at, and it will scald your hands. It will also stop hurting in a couple of minutes. Her burns were down to muscle and required skin grafts.
I can understand your point of view for sure. I think the only reason the case holds water in my opinion is the fact that this particular McD had been warned several times about unsafe storage temp. But I see where you are coming from.
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