Person burnt by McDonald's coffee

[stpvoice]

There was something I'm reminded of here actually....McDonalds were taken to court not long ago becuase someone bought a cup of coffee from them, took it to their car, placed it on their dashboard, and drove off. It fell into their lap, and they were burned. The person won the case because the cup did not have "Caution. Contents may be hot" written on the side.

[adamparkzer]

There was something I'm reminded of here actually....McDonalds were taken to court not long ago becuase someone bought a cup of coffee from them, took it to their car, placed it on their dashboard, and drove off. It fell into their lap, and they were burned. The person won the case because the cup did not have "Caution. Contents may be hot" written on the side.

This same instance can be taken to extreme levels.

What if the coffee spilled into the radio or something? McDonalds shouldn't have to write "Caution: Contents may consist of liquid" on the side.

[descalzo]

There was something I'm reminded of here actually....McDonalds were taken to court not long ago becuase someone bought a cup of coffee from them, took it to their car, placed it on their dashboard, and drove off. It fell into their lap, and they were burned. The person won the case because the cup did not have "Caution. Contents may be hot" written on the side.

No, she won the case becaus McDonalds was negligent in serving a product at dangerous temperatures.

McDonald's required franchises to serve coffee at 180–190 °F (82–88 °C ). At that temperature, the coffee would cause a third-degree burn in two to seven seconds
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Other documents obtained from McDonald's showed that from 1982 to 1992 [the incident took place in 1992] the company had received more than 700 reports of people burned by McDonald's coffee to varying degrees of severity, and had settled claims arising from scalding injuries for more than $500,000. McDonald's quality control manager, Christopher Appleton, testified that this number of injuries was insufficient to cause the company to evaluate its practices. He argued that all foods hotter than 130 °F (54 °C) constituted a burn hazard, and that restaurants had more pressing dangers to warn about.

She originally asked for $20K to cover $11K medical bills plus suffering. McD's offered $800.
Judge/jury awarded her $680K and to avoid appeals the parties settled out of court afterward.

[stpvoice]

There was another incidence over here in the UK as I described.

[Brandon]

This is getting very offtopic...

[adamparkzer]

This is getting very offtopic...

Really? I think that McDonalds coffee and our inactivity policy are directly related.

[Brandon]

There we go, continue.

[adamparkzer]

Woo hoo!

Administrator Brandon + Split Thread Powers = Win

[Brandon]

Woo hoo!

Administrator Brandon + Split Thread Powers = Win

It's a lot of work, don't get me wrong.

[jtwhite]

People sue over anything... Pretty dumb if you ask me. But, if you're that desperate for money, go ahead. :/