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Originally Posted by Dean
One word: Laywers
And the televised results of lawsuits that have no business existing. The McDonalds coffee thing is a perfect example. That should never have seen a court room, but she freaking won. Boiling water poored over ground roasted seeds. Hmm, wonder if that might be hot? to quote Bill Engval, "Here's your sign..."
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Once again I have to respond the the "perfect example" of the McDonald's coffee lawsuit.
That woman deserved every dollar she got. She was *severly* burned, in a "very sensative" place, far worse than any normal hot coffee would burn you. Why? Because McDonalds was heating their coffee water into the hundreds of degrees so they could make a few extra cups of coffee out of each bag of beans.
Basically, because McDonalds was trying to make an extra $0.50/bag of coffee beans, this woman is disfigured.
Tell me again how trivial that lawsuit was. Not to mention that she attempted to settle out of court for $20k, and McDonalds laughed her off.
Read about the case... google is your friend. There's a reason that judgement turned out the way it did... it was a jury case, and it's obvious that public opinion that suing over hot coffee is commonly considered "trivial"... find out why the jury awarded her $2.7M in punitive damages (although it was greatly reduced later on) based on the actual situation.