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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
The previous posts are ignored because they are irrelevant. The plantiff had to prove in court that the defendant was negligent, based on the facts of that case. They did that and the defendant was unable to provide evidence to the contrary. You can armchair quarterback this all you want, it doesn't change the facts that were presented in this case. Maybe if you were their lawyer everything would have turned out different, right?
And there were several cases where it was shown the coffee hurt people and McDs settled, precedent that they knew it was harmful, before this case even came along, but again, what matters is what happened in that courtroom and whether McDs was negligent in that case. Like I said, you just can't hand over hazmat without warning someone or having some sort of system in place to prevent people from being injured in random but preventable non-intentional accidents. "Hot coffee" is not a temperature setting, so it can mean different things to different people. If you go pick up dry ice at the supermarket, do they just put it in a plastic bag? No, they wrap it/put it in a paper bag. Why do you think this is the case?
You need to read up on human factors engineering and ergonomics.
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All irrelevent
You have one case thats an outlier where an abberent verdict was handed own and since then every other case has been dismissed despite the fact that the plaintiffs (mcdonalds, starbucks etc) continue to serve coffee to this day at the same/similar temp that McD's sold it previously
Isnt it about time people started exercising personal responsibility
We're talking about someone fumbling a cup of coffee
We're not talking about a defective cup or dog forbid a server spilling it on the customer
It never ceases to amaze me how few people are willing to accept the consequences of their own fuck ups in life.....