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I am glad you jumped in. Because, you know, your user name . . . You're clearly an expert!
Also, McDonald's got into trouble in that famous case because they pour their coffee at a ridiculously hot temperature (I guess to keep it hot longer and after adding cream), and many, many people have gotten injured previously.
Mick
People either don't understand or they don't care how seriously burned that McDonald's woman was. Had she spilled anybody elses coffee in her lap, she wouldn't have suffered the scalding, third-degree, tissue-destroying burns to her legs. That McDonald's coffee was just below the boiling point back then. Very dangerous. McDonalds and all of these places know that the coffee they are serving is likely to end up in a moving vehicle. If their cups are weak, thin, or their coffee is a few degrees below the boiling point, they should lose every injury lawsuit that comes their way.
Here's the thing, folks respond to headlines which are basically written to troll the public and to create click bait, without the slightest attempt to explaining the reasoning that might be presented at trial. So who really knows what is or what isn't a legitimate law suit?
I live in the Raleigh area and just found this on our local TV station's website. The stakes have gone up - $750k ish Raleigh police officer suing Starbucks says spilled coffee worth $10M :: WRAL.com Be sure to read the 4th paragraph from the bottom....absurd! What a wuss! He says that since the incident he is uncertain at work, and anxious. Of what??? Does he think coffee is going to rain down on him? I am amazed at the lack of resilience of people - if what he says is true. Frankly, I don't want him on the streets here if he's that fragile.
I think the case is ridiculous! It was bloody free coffee - how ungrateful! I guess I won't get picked for the jury Either way, I have no sympathy whatsoever for him regarding the case. This sickens me as a typical example of our ever growing litigious society.
I'm in the Raleigh area as well, so we do have a lot of the local coverage. I honestly don't see him winning the case if the jurors are anything like the locals who have commented. The latest thing to come to light is the fact that he went home and took pictures of "it" instead of going to the doctor.
I'm surprised the wife's case hasn't been dropped. If that's the case, my husband should sue the doctor who did my hysterectomy! I haven't been the same since!
I got burned pretty badly once when the employee at starbucks didn't put the lid on correctly and it fell off causing very hot coffee to spill on me. I didn't sue anyone. I survived.
This case needs to be thrown out of court and the cop needs to be sued for being an idiot. I also feel he should not be a cop. If a coffee burn caused so much problems in his life, then I don't trust someone like that in stressful situations with a gun.
I want to sue this half-man and his co-enabling wife just for the emotional distress that they have caused me from reading about this ridiculous lawsuit.
A real man wouldn't make a punk move like this. He'd wipe off the coffee, wash out the stain, and move on.
Now it seems the slightest inconvenience causes people to bleat and whine and curl up in a fetal ball. And this guy's a cop, even?
Lady from the incident ended up with NOTHING...But why did the Original Judge find in her defense? Because it was the 3rd in recent months and every moron knows.. The Hotter The water the more cups you get from the grounds..... so It was GREED Driven.. but every moron knows that....RIGHT??
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Cops need to aim higher. The McDonald's lady won a lot more than that!!
Oh, everybody understands the legal system when it is they who are injured. Until then, make fun of lawyers and plaintiffs.
Mick
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You're clearly an expert!
