[Vision2020] Say What?

Andreas Schou ophite at gmail.com
Mon Feb 1 11:26:31 PST 2010


The McDonalds in question had been repeatedly fined by the health
department over the temperature of its coffee. An internal safety memo
ordered that the coffeepots be turned down, but was later retracted
over concerns about the cost of brewing new coffee. The woman who
spilled had burns so severe that she spent eight days in the hospital.
She had to have skin grafts and reconstructive surgery on her vagina.
Furthermore, on appeal, the punitive damages were set aside and
McDonalds paid for her hospital bills and attorneys fees.

The case seems ridiculous on its face. However, what's ridiculous is
that McDonalds was serving coffee capable of melting off your junk,
not that the jury decided in favor of the plaintiff.

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:16 AM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
> Nickles and dimes, no.  Frequently awards are made way out of proportion to the damage. For instances the coffee spill case at McDonalds.
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:53:53 -0800
> To: "lfalen" lfalen at turbonet.com
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Say What?
>
>> Roger Falen stated:
>>
>> "You are correct in that they [lawyers] are needed, but far too many of
>> them profit out of proportion to the service they render."
>>
>> This is true about virtually every profession . . . even politicians.
>>
>> Roger goes on to state:
>>
>> "The loser in a lawsuit should pay the costs and damages should be capped."
>>
>> Losers in civil litigation cases generally do pay court costs.  It's
>> usually part of the suit.
>>
>> As far as damages being capped, Roger . . .
>>
>> Should a surviving spouse or relative be limited to nickles and dimes in a
>> wrongful death lawsuit?
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>
>> - Unknown
>>
>>
>
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