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J. Clarke[_2_]

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"Michael A. Terrell" on Thu, 06 Dec 2012
02:20:18 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Smitty Two wrote:

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.

Fact 4: She stuck it between her legs in her car. Who in their right
mind does that?

Where do you put a coffee cup? - on the other seat?

You hold it in your hand--she wasn't driving, she was a passenger. Or
you find a place to wedge it--I've never had any trouble finding one in
any car I've owned.