But according to the same document, there is a huge difference between 180 and 155 degree liquids capability to burn.
# Plaintiff's expert, a scholar in thermodynamics as applied to human skin burns, testified that liquids at 180 degrees will cause a full thickness burn to human skin in two to seven seconds. # Other testimony showed that as the temperature decreases toward 155 degrees, the extent of the burn relative to that temperature decreases exponentially. Thus, if Liebeck's spill had involved coffee at 155 degrees, the liquid would have cooled and given her time to avoid a serious burn. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ....-----Original Message----- ....From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 1:43 PM ....To: CF-Community ....Subject: Re: On a lighter note ... .... ....What about tea? That usually is boiling. .... ....Liebeck placed the cup between her knees and attempted to remove the ....plastic lid from the cup. As she removed the lid, the entire contents ....of the cup spilled ....into her lap. The sweatpants Liebeck was wearing absorbed the coffee ....and held it next to her skin. .... ....I wouldn't do that with 150 degree coffee either... but that's me :) .... ....On 5/2/05, Ian Skinner wrote: ....> ....be careful McDonald's coffee is hot too! ....> ....> But it is not as hot as it used to be. McDonalds now servers their ....coffee at a much more reasonable 150 +/-5 degrees Fahrenheit. At the ....time of the lawsuit you presumable are making reference of, their policy ....was to server it out the window at 185 +/-5 degrees Fahrenheit. That is ....just shy of boiling water at sea level. And the lady in the suit did not ....spill her cup, the Styrofoam cup melted and collapsed from the heat of ....the coffee, causing first and second degree burns of the upper thighs and ....genitals requiring surgery. ....> ....> Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine when that case is used as a shining ....example of what is wrong with litigation in America. When it is the ....exact opposite, IMHO. ....> .... .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156164 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
