On Dec 9, 4:33*pm, "J. Clarke" wrote:
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On Dec 8, 11:15 pm, "J. Clarke" wrote:
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Yeah, we all know the story.

Apparently you don't, you just think you do.

So there's more to the story than was in the trial transcript?

The jury knows the story.

So?

And that story, in sum, is not that the woman refused to accept
responsibility for her actions, but that McD's refused to accept
responsibility for theirs.

McD had committed no action for which they should "accept
responsibility".
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# They certainly did. *The basic facts:
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# McDonald?s Operations Manual required the franchisee to hold its
# coffee at 180 to 190 degrees Fahrenheit;
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# Coffee at that temperature, if spilled, causes third-degree burns (the
# worst kind of burn) in three to seven seconds;

Yes but normal sane people do not go around putting cups of hot coffee
between their legs in a car
There is no reason for Macdonals to be responsible for THAT STUPID ACTION
* * (Except in the minds of children - who are not responsible)

Their manual is in accordance with the ANSI standard for coffee brewing
and with the standards of the Specialty Coffee Association of America.
The simple fact is that certain kinds of food are hot enough to harm
you.

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# The chairman of the department of mechanical engineering and bio-
# mechanical engineering at the University of Texas testified that this
# risk of harm is unacceptable, as did a widely recognized expert on
# burns, the editor in chief of the leading scholarly publication in the
# specialty, the Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation;

And who defined the Chairman of the Dept of Mech Eng. at the U of Texas as
an arbiter of what is acceptable or unacceptable harm ?

And when did he become an expert on coffee?



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#McDonald?s admitted that it has known about the risk of serious burns
# from its scalding hot coffee for more than 10 years ? the risk was
# brought to its attention through numerous other claims and suits, to
# no avail;

And ?

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The jury heard ALL the evidence. Including McDonalds own survey
that showed it's competitors were serving coffee that is 30 -40 deg
cooler. And McD own admission at trial that the coffee, as served
was unfit for human consumption. The jury decided. You and
McD lost. Live with it.