Viewing post #625144 by jerseyridgearts

Newyorkrita said:

It is totally out of control. No common sense used. Like I read a person sued McDonald because they spilled hot coffee on themselves and burned themselves. Well, they could have not burned themselves too badly and everyone knows coffee is hot!

there's more to the McDonald's case than was publicized. McDonald's policy was to serve coffee at a 'holding temperature' of 186 degrees which would produce 3rd degree 'full thickness' burns within 7 seconds of skin contact. The elderly woman who was horribly burned asked to settle for $20K but McDonald's refused the offer and refused to reduce the temp of their coffee to something less lethal....McDonald's ended having to pay punitive damages but later settled out of court....

'common sense' varies a lot...as a social worker I could tell you stories.....