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J. Clarke[_2_]

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september.org, says...

In article ,
"Mike Marlow" wrote:

Or, the McDonald's coffee lawsuit.

Uh, I'd venture that 99.9% of the people who bring this up as a supposed
example of a frivolous lawsuit, actually have never heard the real
story.

Fact 1: The woman received THIRD DEGREE burns. The coffee was FAR hotter
than any reasonable restaurant ever serves it. This was a deliberate
ploy to reduce requests for refills, as the stuff couldn't even be
sipped for 10-15 minutes.

Fact 2: The woman asked McD's to pay her medical bills, which IIRC were
a couple of hundred dollars.

Fact 3: She brought suit only AFTER McD refused to pay the paltry
medical bills.

Yeah, we all know the story. A stupid old bat spilled hot coffee in her
lap and looked for somebody other than herself to blame.

If she had cranked up an oxyacetylene torch and applied it to herself
would the maker of the torch be at fault? If she had stuck her finger
in a light socket would the power company be at fault?

She was stupid, she got punished for it, and the courts should have told
her to sod off.