Quote:
Originally Posted by MPREZIV
Dean and I were just talking about the whining about Laguna Seca the other day... I just doesn't make any sense at all buying/building a house next to a race track and then complaining about the noise. This astounds me.
This brings to mind the old lady who spilled her McD's coffee on herself and then sued because it was hot. No shit it's hot!! It's SUPPOSED to be!
|
Why does the coffee thing *always* come up? I think I've ranted about it at least twice now on SECCS...
McDonalds was brewing their coffee at ridiculously high temperatures because they could get a few more cups out of a bag of grounds. They even had internal memos about the coffee being too hot to be safe to drink, and intentionally ignored them to make a few extra bucks. The lady that sued them, sued *only* for her medical costs, it was the jury that awarded her the huge amount of money which in reality was equivalent to only *one day* of income from McDonald's sale of coffee, and that value was later reduced at appeal.
The McDonalds coffee lawsuit may be one of the *worst* examples of a frivolous lawsuit on the books. It's really actually a terrific example of our legal system *should* work to protect individuals from corporations that have enough money to bully their way though the courts.