Never mind, I apparently need to read the rest of things I link to.
The point of it was more that people will sue over some STUPID things.
The lady that sued McDonalds because she spilled hot coffee on her lap, we know that one is true. How could you even expect to win a case like that? Yet, she did. It is common knowledge that coffee is served HOT, and she didn't expect to be burned when she spilled it on herself because she put it between her legs instead of a cupholder? Give me a break, she got awarded millions for being dumb, simple as that. McDonalds lost that case because they failed to put a warning on the side of the cup saying it was hot. Any idiot could tell by just holding the cup that the substance inside was hot.
Can we please quit using that as a frivolous lawsuit example? The coffee was 20 degrees hotter than standard restaurant serving temperature. It caused 3rd-degree burns, through clothing, within 7 seconds. McDonald's had settled roughly 30-40 such suits before. The lady in question only sued for hospital bills. The large amount she won was from punitive damages defined by the jury that felt that McDonald's refusing to settle for just the hospital bills was indefensible when they had done so mutliple times before.
Summary: The McDonald's coffee lawsuit was non-frivolous. Quit saying it was.
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Originally Posted by Back Alley Brawler
Did you just use "casual gamer" and "purpled-out warshade" in the same sentence?
The point of it was more that people will sue over some STUPID things.
The lady that sued McDonalds because she spilled hot coffee on her lap, we know that one is true. How could you even expect to win a case like that? Yet, she did. It is common knowledge that coffee is served HOT, and she didn't expect to be burned when she spilled it on herself because she put it between her legs instead of a cupholder? Give me a break, she got awarded millions for being dumb, simple as that. McDonalds lost that case because they failed to put a warning on the side of the cup saying it was hot. Any idiot could tell by just holding the cup that the substance inside was hot.
Summary: The McDonald's coffee lawsuit was non-frivolous. Quit saying it was.