What if they served her tea at 212 degrees? That would really hurt :) Would you or any sane person you know take a cup of coffee that's 155 degree and put it between your knees and remove the lid?
On 5/2/05, Ian Skinner wrote: > 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. > > > -------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:156168 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
