The link Todd provided said so.: http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
Stella Liebeck of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was in the passenger seat of her grandson's car when she was severely burned by McDonalds' coffee in February 1992. Liebeck, 79 at the time, ordered coffee that was served in a styrofoam cup at the drivethrough window of a local McDonalds. What ideology are you talking about? Making fun of idiots? The woman was 79 and should know by now coffee burns. If she were 13 I'd give her a pass for learning experience but not at 79. I'm kind of shocked she even lived this long ;) http://www.stellaawards.com/stella.html A McDonald's consultant pointed out the 700 cases in 10 years represents just 1 injury per 24 million cups sold! For every injury, no matter how severe, 23,999,999 people managed to drink their coffee without any injury whatever. Isn't that proof that the coffee is not "unreasonably dangerous"? And... Here's the Kicker: Coffee is supposed to be served in the range of 185 degrees! The National Coffee Association recommends coffee be brewed at "between 195-205 degrees Fahrenheit for optimal extraction" and drunk "immediately". If not drunk immediately, it should be "maintained at 180-185 degrees Fahrenheit." (Source: NCAUSA.) Exactly what, then, did McDonald's do wrong? Did it exhibit "willful, wanton, reckless or malicious conduct" -- the standard in New Mexico for awarding punitive damages? On Dec 22, 2007 10:39 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you really defending a person that put a Styrofoam cup of hot > > coffee between her legs, while in a car, and takes off the lid? > > > > By the way, Styrofoam melts at 464 deg f. How did McD's get water that > > hot? > > By the way, in your infinite wisdom how do you know it was a Styrofoam cup? > > just a hint, the court documents said otherwise - it was a paper cup with a > thin plastic lining. But I guess that sort of ugly little fact really doesn't > have any place when the propaganda is in full swing. But hey, actual truth > and physical damage to the victim means nothing when it disagrees with your > ideological bent. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248939 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
