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firemachine69 · 02-05-2009, 08:41 PM

The case of the woman spilling McD's coffee is actually real, although neither that name nor the point of the lady taking off the lid are real.

I'll summarize what actually happened.

Lady decides that, with hands full, she'll put coffee in between her lap. Not too smart, and of course, it spills.

McDonald's undergoes an investigation, and as I recall, the lawyer discovers their coffee is 20 degrees F hotter than any other brand - with lots of anecdotal evidence from customers who buy it "because it's the hottest they can get". Unfortunately, the temperature also happens to be able to serve second degree burns within a few seconds - Essentially, the coffee is so hot that it's near-suicide to take a huge gulp and actually poses a real danger.

The lady and her lawyer are very simple with what they wanted. Pay the medical bills (something small like $6k), drop the temp to a safer level like other competitors, and everything else would be swept under the rug, essentially like nothing happened with a "non-disclosure" clause from the lady.

McDonald refuses. They say it's a selling point.

Her lawyer returns with a new litigation amount. $500K, med bills, a new non-disclosure amount, and the threat that it would become litigation (and of course, dropping the temperature). McD's is run by a bunch of retards, and they refuse again.

They up the ante to something like a million. Of course, the lady was found something like 20% at fault, but being the fucktards that McD's is all about, they're ordered by the court anyways to drop the coffee temp, and still pay out a huge sum to the lady. Not to mention, she was no longer bound (or anyone else for that matter) by a non-disclosure agreement.

I agreed completely with her first claim, US folks don't have a government sponsored medical system like we do in Canada. And only McD's was stupid enough to refuse it.

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02-05-2009, 08:41 PM	#7
firemachine69 School'er of hard knocks Drives: Silver Yaris 4dr. HB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sudbury, On Posts: 556	The case of the woman spilling McD's coffee is actually real, although neither that name nor the point of the lady taking off the lid are real. I'll summarize what actually happened. Lady decides that, with hands full, she'll put coffee in between her lap. Not too smart, and of course, it spills. McDonald's undergoes an investigation, and as I recall, the lawyer discovers their coffee is 20 degrees F hotter than any other brand - with lots of anecdotal evidence from customers who buy it "because it's the hottest they can get". Unfortunately, the temperature also happens to be able to serve second degree burns within a few seconds - Essentially, the coffee is so hot that it's near-suicide to take a huge gulp and actually poses a real danger. The lady and her lawyer are very simple with what they wanted. Pay the medical bills (something small like $6k), drop the temp to a safer level like other competitors, and everything else would be swept under the rug, essentially like nothing happened with a "non-disclosure" clause from the lady. McDonald refuses. They say it's a selling point. Her lawyer returns with a new litigation amount. $500K, med bills, a new non-disclosure amount, and the threat that it would become litigation (and of course, dropping the temperature). McD's is run by a bunch of retards, and they refuse again. They up the ante to something like a million. Of course, the lady was found something like 20% at fault, but being the fucktards that McD's is all about, they're ordered by the court anyways to drop the coffee temp, and still pay out a huge sum to the lady. Not to mention, she was no longer bound (or anyone else for that matter) by a non-disclosure agreement. I agreed completely with her first claim, US folks don't have a government sponsored medical system like we do in Canada. And only McD's was stupid enough to refuse it.