On May 11, 2:15*pm, "h" wrote:
Suing someone for your idiocy is absurd and you will never make it
past the motions stage of the process...

And yet, the woman who spilled hot coffee on her crotch, after removing the
lid while driving the car, sued Micky D's. Successfully.


Yes... That was because there was no valid reason for McDonald's
to serve the coffee that hot (literally just a few degrees shy of
212ºF
which is BOILING water) out of cups which could result in a spill
even when they were used and handled properly... Poor choices
made by McDonald's to keep the coffee VERY hot to reduce waste
and save a few bucks resulted in providing customers with a very
hazardous beverage until it cooled down quite a bit... That is why
they ended up paying damages in that famous case...

If you actually READ deeper about that McDonald's case beyond what
made it into the poorly written news articles which only focused on
her injuries AND the fact that she won, you would learn that the
amount
awarded to her by the jury was in fact reduced by a percentage to
reflect
her poorly made decision to put the coffee cup between her legs rather
than take an extra second to place them in one of the cup holders in
the car...

The McDonald's hot coffee case is a poor comparison to someone
failing to read and understand the cooking instructions on a package
of microwave popcorn... Said popcorn is not dangerous and doesn't
create smoke if you follow the directions and don't burn it by
allowing
it to cook in the microwave 50% longer than the directions indicate...

~~ Evan