Derec said:
This case of the case where that old woman got many millions because she poured hot coffee in her lap
God Damn It, Derec.
Not this shit again.
Look, this dumb bitch may just be a dumb bitch but you had to go and fuck it all up with this mention of the Chamber of Commerce's little poster boy for Tort Reform. The McDonalds Hot Coffee Incident, used for decades as the model for why multi-billion-dollar mega-corporations are the poor weak victims of accountability to the public safety.
The woman spilled, not poured, hot coffee into her lap because the lid was not properly fastened - claims she was driving were false. She drove through the drive through and then parked. she was not moving, in a parking space, when she lifted the incorrectly secured cup. being in the car it took her several seconds to free herself of that scalding liquid. The injuries were significant 3rd degree burns on a large portion of her pelvis and legs
The coffee she was served was 20 degrees hotter than the maximum allowed, for safety reasons
That specific McDonalds had multiple prior complaints about the coffee being BOILING
Corporate memos instructing that McDonalds to lower the temperature to the correct amount as per franchise rules were ignored - the manager admitted that the reason they kept the coffee so hot was because it "kept longer" so they wouldn't have to make a fresh batch in the afternoon.
The woman had multiple surgeries involving skin grafts to attempt to heal her injuries
The dollar amount awarded to her was exactly in line with standard formulas used for suffering injury from a product. In this case, it was the revenu from 1 day of coffee sales.
McDonalds lost 1 day of coffee sales as the award.
The lady that suffered the injury subsequently died from complications arising from treatment for the injuries.
so stop bringing this case up for tort reform.... McDonalds got off easy and the victim fucking died.
