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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
NO NO NO........I fully expect coffee to give me burns if I spill it in my lap, and anything less is just dumb on the part of the customer. Simply put, you don't put yourself in a position to get hurt, and if you do, you don't sue the 'big pockets." tsk.
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Burns, yes ... pink skin maybe, maybe even a blister or two ... but third degree?? And, that's what it really hinged on. How "hot" does a reasonable person expect "hot coffee" to be?
And, it didn't help McDonalds that the plaintiff was a sweet little old lady. Really bad luck for them.