Paul, you are incredibly stubborn about this McDonalds coffee thing. It is interesting that it has become a subtopic in your thread. The ambulance chasing commercials and the McDonalds coffee thing have very little in common. There are inherent risks associated with certain actvities. You choose to go in the ocean you might get bitten or stung by a wild critter. You ride an ATV you might get hurt if it flips. You cut down your own tree or tree limbs you might get hurt by the saw or the limb. You might get third degree burns from purchasing a beverage from a McDonalds just does not seem the same to me. Third degree burns should not be a risk from dining out. She did not bring a frivolous lawsuite against McDonalds because she ate their frys and got fat. She was clumsy and dropped the coffee? No, it was so hot when they handed her the cup it burned her and she reflexively let go of the cup, and the boiling liquid gave her severe burns on the most vulnerable and delicate skin of her body. A normal coffee temp would have hurt, and gave her an embarrassing stain, but no worse than a sunburn. Just as we expect restaurant food to be maintained a proper temperature to be safe from food poisoning we expect food to be maintained at a proper temperature to be safe from injury. Whether it ends up in our mouth where it should or our lap; does that change the severity of the injury from a scald? If it had gone in her mouth the injuries would have been much the same. except on her face, too. Unfortunately the most effective way to get large rich corporations to listen or pay attention is to speak their language. Money. she tried to speak softly. then she had to use a big stick.
love you PaulB. lol.
love you PaulB. lol.