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<blockquote data-quote="wawazat" data-source="post: 3551061" data-attributes="member: 35603"><p>Please dont take this the wrong way but...</p><p></p><p>A lot of folks dont remember the details of this particular lawsuit. The specific McDonald's location that was targeted had been warned multiple times for having coffee well over the highest allowable temperature outlined by McDonald's corporate. I forget the exact temperatures, but it seems like it was 40-50* over what typical hot beverages are served at. When the cup was passed through the window to the elderly woman, the lid came off and it poured on her abdomen and upper legs. She ended up spending weeks in the hospital with second and third degree burns to her abdomen and upper legs. She reached out to McDonald's wanting nothing more than her medical bills incurred due to the burns to be paid for so she didnt go bankrupt. They told her to kick rocks so she sued for the cost of medical bills and attorney's fees. The huge amount of the settlement was added on by the jury as punitive damages to that particular store not acting on multiple warnings that they were serving dangerously hot coffee. The store knew there was a risk of serious injury and that their coffee was being stored at a temperature much higher than is typical for a hot beverage, yet they refused to make an adjustment.</p><p></p><p>We had to study this in a corporate law class I took many, many years ago. I will stand shoulder to shoulder with anyone against frivolous lawsuits brought on by people who suffered no real injury, contributed to the injury on their own, or are just treating our justice system like a Powerball drawing. This specific case just isn't that scenario.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wawazat, post: 3551061, member: 35603"] Please dont take this the wrong way but... A lot of folks dont remember the details of this particular lawsuit. The specific McDonald's location that was targeted had been warned multiple times for having coffee well over the highest allowable temperature outlined by McDonald's corporate. I forget the exact temperatures, but it seems like it was 40-50* over what typical hot beverages are served at. When the cup was passed through the window to the elderly woman, the lid came off and it poured on her abdomen and upper legs. She ended up spending weeks in the hospital with second and third degree burns to her abdomen and upper legs. She reached out to McDonald's wanting nothing more than her medical bills incurred due to the burns to be paid for so she didnt go bankrupt. They told her to kick rocks so she sued for the cost of medical bills and attorney's fees. The huge amount of the settlement was added on by the jury as punitive damages to that particular store not acting on multiple warnings that they were serving dangerously hot coffee. The store knew there was a risk of serious injury and that their coffee was being stored at a temperature much higher than is typical for a hot beverage, yet they refused to make an adjustment. We had to study this in a corporate law class I took many, many years ago. I will stand shoulder to shoulder with anyone against frivolous lawsuits brought on by people who suffered no real injury, contributed to the injury on their own, or are just treating our justice system like a Powerball drawing. This specific case just isn't that scenario. [/QUOTE]
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