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Old 08-30-2007, 02:57 PM   #64 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tristanrobin View Post
Yes, she certainly does have a legal case.

After REPEATED complaints - both in writing to the head office and individual franchises - MANY MANY people complained that the coffee at McDonald's was served too hot. As it turned out, they knew full well that they served was 50 DEGREES over the safety standard.

I agree with the jury and the award 100%. Thank God that cup of coffee merely caused 3rd degree burns on this woman's lap (requiring several surgeries and skin grafts) and not on a baby's face.
I beg to differ with you here tristan. The lady bears most if not all of the responsibility here. One would expect that, when one purchases a cup of hot coffee, that is what they get. In this case, the woman purchased the coffee from her car at a drive thru window and, after pulling away from the window decides to put sugar in the coffee WHILE continuing to drive. Now, if she pulled over into a parking space to put the sugar in, I might feel differently but to put a cup of HOT coffee between one's legs to put sugar in while continuing to drive is just asking for trouble.