there are laws which limit the amounts of money that can be awarded punitively. any one person suing probably wouldn't even see 10 million. That fiasco with the woman's mcdonald's coffee cup lid popping off in her lap and burning her legs so badly that she had to get skin grafts was smeared in the media and people actually bought that the narative that the woman was being opportunistic and sue happy and made mcdonalds out to be the victim. a while after she won that case mcdonalds filed a suit againt her and got most of the money back too. fucking MSM smh
Flame me if you want but that woman should have received nothing. You can't spill hot coffee on yourself and blame someone else for getting burned by it. Assume the coffee is the hottest it can be which is 212 degrees fahrenheit and treat it accordingly.
I do not like mcdonald's or large corps like that but screw that whole situation, take some personal responsibility and stop making things other people's problem. That me centric, the world owes me something, mentality is a main part of the reason we're having to go through all this.
Bruh. What? She wasn't the only one to receive burns from that coffee. Defending a corporation is bullshit, especially when their business practices hurt people. Her case was the most well known but there were plenty others.
Vox does a pretty decent run down of it, as much as I'd rather not link them as a source but here you go.
From what I read about the case back in the day, McDonald’s purposely kept their coffee at ridiculously high temperatures because it would make the aroma stronger in the restaurants causing better sales. Basically McDonald’s didn’t give a shit how dangerous it was. I can’t tell you the temperature off the top of my head but you can look up details about the case and how severe the injuries were because of it.
Yes and too hot coffee prevented people from drinking quickly and getting free refills. Also there were internal emails about coffee temperatures that were ignored
that's not the point. the point was the situation was used to instate these limitations on how much punitive damage is the limit that can be awarded.. IE the companies rigging the government system.
there are laws which limit the amounts of money that can be awarded punitively. any one person suing probably wouldn't even see 10 million. That fiasco with the woman's mcdonald's coffee cup lid popping off in her lap and burning her legs so badly that she had to get skin grafts was smeared in the media and people actually bought that the narative that the woman was being opportunistic and sue happy and made mcdonalds out to be the victim. a while after she won that case mcdonalds filed a suit againt her and got most of the money back too. fucking MSM smh
Flame me if you want but that woman should have received nothing. You can't spill hot coffee on yourself and blame someone else for getting burned by it. Assume the coffee is the hottest it can be which is 212 degrees fahrenheit and treat it accordingly.
I do not like mcdonald's or large corps like that but screw that whole situation, take some personal responsibility and stop making things other people's problem. That me centric, the world owes me something, mentality is a main part of the reason we're having to go through all this.
Bruh. What? She wasn't the only one to receive burns from that coffee. Defending a corporation is bullshit, especially when their business practices hurt people. Her case was the most well known but there were plenty others.
Vox does a pretty decent run down of it, as much as I'd rather not link them as a source but here you go.
https://www.vox. com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/16/13971482/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit-stella-liebeck
I dunno, I expect a hot drink to be hot, but not "melt my skin" hot.
From what I read about the case back in the day, McDonald’s purposely kept their coffee at ridiculously high temperatures because it would make the aroma stronger in the restaurants causing better sales. Basically McDonald’s didn’t give a shit how dangerous it was. I can’t tell you the temperature off the top of my head but you can look up details about the case and how severe the injuries were because of it.
Yes and too hot coffee prevented people from drinking quickly and getting free refills. Also there were internal emails about coffee temperatures that were ignored
that's not the point. the point was the situation was used to instate these limitations on how much punitive damage is the limit that can be awarded.. IE the companies rigging the government system.