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J. Clarke[_2_]

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:52:15 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Gunner on Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:22:02 -0800 typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:21:55 -0800, 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.

Also something which McD's had been sued about before - burns from
overly hot coffee.

It wasn't. She was careless. Her fault.

Huh? McD most assuredly had been sued before. What makes her unique is
that she won.

Later, somebody tried the same crap on the manufacturer of the coffee
maker that McD uses. Unlike McD, Bunn pulled out the ANSI specification
for coffee makers, showed that theirs were compliant, and that was the
end of that.

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.

Third degree burns from coffee that was at the maximum...221F?

Really?

Tissue destroyed is tissue destroyed - be it by fire, or boiling
water. And in this case, he clothes acted to hold that fluid in
place.

Lies noted. Case lost.