The reality is the probability of injury. Providing a common product that millions of people on a daily basis use without injury is not negligent. Apply the same logic to kitchen knives. Should we make manufacturers only sell dull knives because people might cut themselves? No offense, You sound like a Personal Injury lawyer.
If a knife maker sells a knife with a slippery handle and ignores repeated instances of people severely injuring themselves with their knife then yes, they are negligent. Just because you don't like the result doesn't mean it's wrong.
That is a false equivalency. They never claimed that the cup was defective. The equivalency is not that the knife is defective, but too sharp. The claim was not that the cup or coffee was defective, it was simply too hot. The US needs to end the lawsuit lottery mentality.
The coffee was dangerously hot, hotter than other commercially available coffees. People were getting injured, mcdonalds knew people were getting injured, they didn't do anything about it, they got sued and lost. The people responsible for the decisions don't care unless the settlement is big enough to make them care.
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