News, Who's at fault here? Diabetic woman Sues Dunkin' Donuts for Putting Sugar in Coffee.

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Originally Posted by EdwardA

In a normal world or place she would be at fault since she should have requested the packets and put them in herself.

However in "Everything is someone else's fault" America it appears she has a case.

Good point. Whoever heard of the employees going out of their way to add sugar to your coffee in the first place? They make the sugar available to the customer for the customer to add on their own is all I've ever seen .

I have a feeling she's lying all the way about the coffee, including that the employees put it in her coffee.

She is just a shyster trying to cook up some lawsuit to win big money.

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Originally Posted by TheDirector

And that is where I disagree I don't think Toyota should release a vehicle that had a REMOTE chance of braking failure..not that people should be taught how to break "Properly" according to Toyota. That's like making a gun that can go off but "only if you shake it improperly".

since you dont seem to have a clue, let me educate you. new car designs are tested thoroughly on the computer these days before a prototype is even pondered. once cyber testing is done, then several prototypes are made, and these are also thoroughly tested for 100s of thousands of miles in conditions that you wouldnt even consider driving in, over roads that you wouldnt even consider driving on.

when something breaks, the manufacturers fix the problem, and then begin the testing all over again. once testing is complete, then production lines are set up. but as with ANYTHING there can be issues that dont pop up during testing, and there are sometimes production issues. show me one manufacturer that puts out a perfect product EVERY TIME. i will save you some time here, YOU CANT, they dont exist.

Now as to the diabetes I know nothing about it and will admit that but if experts say there is no way 3-4 packets of sugar even contributed to the coma then Dunkin is off the hook.

i can tell you from experience as a diabetic, that a few packets of sugar will not cause the problems thie woman in the op claimed, unless her sugars were way out of control because she wasnt taking care of her diabetes. it sounds to me like she is looking for a payday and nothing more.

Originally Posted by Taras

Some diabetics don't take care of them selves and there blood sugar runs in the 300's often. On top of that some have severe insulin resistance and even a little bit if sugar can shoot there blood sugar up. But still something just doesn't add up about this story. Diabetics can go into a coma when there blood sugar gets to high but I've seen people walking around on there own with bg in the 700's.

my blood sugar when i was diagnosed was 1200 and i never lost consciousness.