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Originally Posted by Sly
The McDonald's lawsuit was kind of a weird one. It was not a one off screw up, it was a repeat offense that they were told to fix yet they did not. Kind of like three strikes, you're out. This lady just got the benefit of it I guess you could say. I think a better way for the courts to handle that might have been to make McDonald's give a large proportion of the penalty money to charity and give her some money for her troubles, but they did what they did.
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on what grounds do you feel the money should be donated to charity?
we all heard this story on the radio and television and news:
'Everybody “knows” the story: A lady bought coffee at a McDonald’s drive-through, spilled it on herself, and suffered minor burns. She sued McDonald’s, and with the help of a clever attorney, managed to convince a jury that it was all McDonalds’ fault for not providing adequate warning that hot coffee is indeed hot, and can scald you. The lady walked away with a multi-million dollar award.'
but in reality, the 'benefit' she got was 3rd degree burns to 16% of her body, requiring hospitalization for 8 days and sworn statements before God that the doctor had never, ever seen scalding so bad
apparently 700 other people had the same problem, with others also suffering from 3rd degree burns
http://www.slip-and-sue.com/the-famo...uit-revisited/