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On Wed, 12 May 2010 02:21:13 GMT, (Doug Miller) wrote:

In article , " wrote:
On Tue, 11 May 2010 13:37:51 -0700 (PDT), Evan
wrote:

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...


Bull****. The coffee was a (then) standard 180F.


Before calling "bull****" make sure you have the facts straight. You don't.

The coffee was 185, not 180.


Ok, 185 is *NOT* 212, either.


180 was not "standard". And 180 is more than hot
enough to cause very serious burns.


You're full of ****, too. At the time, the *SPECIFICATION* for Dunkin' Donuts
coffee was 180F +/- 3F. 180F coffee is very much the standard brewing/serving
temperature for coffee.


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