I don't think that manufacturers should be held responsible though for people's stupidity...if they are negligent and that negligence resulted in injury, that is one thing, but if you do something stupid...that is you own damn fault. Just lie if you go to concert where loud music is played and you get hearing loss, well maybe you should have taken common sense precautions...it's pretty well known that Whitesnake is loud and that rock music is loud and uses speakers that play the music very loud at very high decibels. I think judges in both of these cases should be disbarred for being stupid.
-----Original Message----- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:webmas...@sstwebworks.com] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:37 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Whitesnake (the band) loses appeal in court....kind of funny. @Eric.. they put directions on toothpicks..... people can be really really stupid On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > http://www.esnider.net/2004/08/30/was-mcdonalds-coffee-too-hot-for-stella-li > ebeck/ > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaurants > > The Wiki article points out that most other coffee vendors...as well as home > coffee makers brew at the 195-205 degree range and they recommend that you > keep it at 180-185 degree range. It also states that they have been sued as > well...but it doesn't state if they were successfully sued or not, with the > exception of a case against the coffee maker manufacturer Bunn where courts > ruled in their favor. > > I just think it is ridiculous that the warning on the cup and lid that McD's > had in place wasn't large enough or boldly worded enough. That's why I > think this whole case was ridiculous. What are they supposed to do, attach > a neon sign that says, "hey you fucking moron, since you are too stupid to > understand what content may be hot means, this coffee is hot so don't spill > it or you might get burned"? > > -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:02 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Whitesnake (the band) loses appeal in court....kind of funny. > > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Most restaurants serve coffee at 190 degrees. Dunkin Donuts and a list >> of other national chains still do. >> Funny how you don't read about similar lawsuits. >> > > ARe you sure about that? I find that highly doubtful. Since the McDonald's > case, I don't think any fast food restaurants still serve their coffee at > scalding temperatures. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322470 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
