"jmcquown" > wrote in message
.. .
> Kyle Phillips wrote:
> > "Vox Humana" > ha scritto
> >
> > I think it will be an interesting case.
> >> Hopefully people won't distort the facts like they always do with the
> >> McDonald's litigation resulting from burns from insanely hot coffee.
> >
> > You're referring to the woman who got a cup of coffee from the
> > drivethru window and couldn't think of a better place to put it than
> > between her thighs? A bump and... Ouch!
> >
> > Kyle
>
> IIRC the elderly woman who filed the coffee lawsuit did not go through the
> drive-thru. She just spilled coffee in her lap.
>
Actually, she was a passenger in a car. She ordered coffee with cream. The
drive parked the car so she could add the cream. The coffee spilled,
causing 3rd degree burns to her genital area. The woman was hospitalized
for about two weeks, suffered immense pain, and had to have therapy
afterwards. She initially only asked to be reimbursed for her medial bills
which amounted to about $20K. Over 750 other people had reported burns to
McDonalds. Their own consultants told them to turn down the temperature
(from almost boiling) to 140F but they felt they would lose money if they
reduced the temperature to a normal 140F which is about what your home
coffee maker is set to. It was a calculated risk that had already resulted
in hundreds of known burns. McDonalds also claimed that the reason they
served he coffee at such a high temperature was because people bought it to
drink when they got to a their destination - except that internal documents
showed that they knew most people drank it in the car. Therefore, they knew
that the coffee was dangerously hot, most people drank it in moving
vehicles, and that the lid would have to be removed to put in cream and
sugar.