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All this woman wanted was her medical bills paid and a few bucks for missing work.. and that was good enough for her too, but McDonalds said no... so where is the difference?
Well to be honest....Michelle was 9 and the other lady was an adult. And while I do think it would have been good policy for McDonalds to give the woman something, I certainly don't think they were reponsible for the entire incident which is what the lady was looking for. Come on DC...you are big on personal responsibility. If McDonalds paid everything...what responsibility in this action does the woman take??? Absolutely NONE. When most of it falls in her lap....(oooooooh....sorry...pun was NOT intended)
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The thing that I don't understand is this....
If coffee is supposed to be hot and everyone knows it can burn your skin enough that is could send you to the hospital for 3 weeks in the burn unit......why is it a beverage that supposed to be poured in your mouth seconds after you purchase it?
If the speed limit is 65, why can you buy a car that does 180?
It just is what it is... as always, it is up to YOU to use your best judgement - and that comes with being responsible for your choices.
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Shouldn't coffee be served hot enough to drink right away? And if it's too hot, should it be mentioned to not attempt to consume said beverage for at least 5 minutes?
Coffee should be served at whatever temperature it is best tasting at. No, you absolutely should NOT be told to wait at least 5 minutes. You should have the simple sense to CHECK for yourself whether or not it is safe for you to consume. You are taught how to do this as a child by sipping at your soup, hot cocoa, etc...
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I'm not a tea or coffee drinker so I can honestly say, I don't know what the standards are when you all order this stuff at a restuarant, pour it at work, or get it in a drive-thru.
There aren't any, nor should there be... it's no different than ordering a sandwich. You order it, they give it to you. Your PB&J shouldn't come with a Choking Hazard warning, should it? Should Panera have to inspect whether you've chewed your food well enough before allowing you to swallow it??
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Yes, she was a dumbass for putting in her lap to begin with
Boom....end of discussion
So, in other words, so long as you contribute any amount to the accident, you should not be able to recover?
No, if it IS your accident, you should not be able to lay the blame at someone else's feet.
She spilled it on herself due to her own negligence. There was no negligence on the part of the restaurant. She ordered a hot beverage, they gave her a hot beverage, in a cup designed for a hot beverage. To the normal human, those things combine to make for a pretty big clue that the contents are hot. She then proceeded to mishandle her hot beverage and had an accident. Then, like a good American, she proceeded to blame someone else for her screw up and she got a good enough lawyer to convince the jury that though she is the only one that was involved in the accident, someone else caused it.
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What if you're talking on your cell phone while driving, and you make a yellow light. But, you're t-boned by someone else on a cell phone who ran the red light.
If I can prove that, if you weren't talking on the phone, you would have seen the other car coming and could have avoided the accident, does that mean you should recover zero?
A very poor analogy, but you are not at fault in this scenario... you didn't run a red light, they did. Fault lies with them.
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I bought a bicycle once and hit a rock in the road causing me to flip over the handle bars. I should have sued. 
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 See the steam?? That typically means it's hot.  I don't need to be verbally told to figure this out.
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Should Panera have to inspect whether you've chewed your food well enough before allowing you to swallow it??
No I think that is a future Obamacare Government position....  
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I bought a bicycle once and hit a rock in the road causing me to flip over the handle bars. I should have sued.
Sued who???? the Rock???? 
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The manufacturer, of course. Clearly it was their fault I did something stupid. They didn't put a warning on the bike about hitting objects in the road.
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I have matches. They suck, because when I use it like the directions say: "open box, grab match, shut box, strike match on the striker pad." and then it lights and I hold my finger on the flame, I get burned. Can I sue?
And dang, I hate it when I use the mower like I'm suppose to, but then my foot slips underneath the deck and I mow my toes off. Can I sue?
Couple of days ago I nicked my face with a razor. Should I sue? I mean, my wife said I looked stupid with a band aid on my chin. Mental anguish?
Last week I was taking the counter tops off in my in-laws house they just bought. Laminate counters. I checked, and all I saw was glue - they were glued on, not screwed. As I was lifting them, then sliding my hands along the counter - I got jabbed with a nail. (never in my life have I seen laminate counter tops nailed to the cupboards - it was as if they put the counter in, nailed it down, then laminated it after - but they didn't do that.......) anyway, could I sue?
Not trying to rip on you brownsfan - just saying people sue over dumb things all the time, and sadly, if the company getting sued is seen as "rich", they all too often get taken to the cleaners.
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I thought I was wrong once....but I was mistaken...
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Don't have to worry about apologizing. I don't take offense to any of this. All of your opinions are valid. Just horribly wrong. 
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I'm missing the part where you couldn't see a 260 pound Samoan lying in the middle of the road... 
Oh, I saw him.... But because there was no caution sign, I assumed I could run him over and be just fine.
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I'm missing the part where you couldn't see a 260 pound Samoan lying in the middle of the road...
Clearly her glasses were defective. She wasn't wearing them, but had they had a warning saying she couldn't see without them, she would have worn them, and thus seen the Rock lying there.
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I'm missing the part where you couldn't see a 260 pound Samoan lying in the middle of the road...
Clearly her glasses were defective. She wasn't wearing them, but had they had a warning saying she couldn't see without them, she would have worn them, and thus seen the Rock lying there.
She should've sued.
Lemme tell you about lawsuits. Now, the lady I'm referring to didn't get rich, ok? However, a lady in town has, or, perhaps I should say HAD - fallen on the sidewalk in front of a business. She says because the sidewalk was icy. Of course the ambulance came, took her to the hospital - and she was fine. But, she got money out of it from the business' insurance company.
Fast forward 2 years. Same lady. Different sidewalk, different business. Same thing.
Fast forward about 3 years. The lady's daughter did the same thing. Got money.
Fast forward to 2 years ago. Wed. night - parents picking kids up at church. Rainy night. The entry to the church is tiled. Tile, wet shoes - they just don't add up, do they? The daughter came running in from outside, tried to quit running, and fell.
Myself and 3 other dads were standing there and the comments were made "I wonder how much this is going to cost the church?"
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It's supposed to be hard! If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great!
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I'm missing the part where you couldn't see a 260 pound Samoan lying in the middle of the road...
Clearly her glasses were defective. She wasn't wearing them, but had they had a warning saying she couldn't see without them, she would have worn them, and thus seen the Rock lying there.
She should've sued.
Lemme tell you about lawsuits. Now, the lady I'm referring to didn't get rich, ok? However, a lady in town has, or, perhaps I should say HAD - fallen on the sidewalk in front of a business. She says because the sidewalk was icy. Of course the ambulance came, took her to the hospital - and she was fine. But, she got money out of it from the business' insurance company.
Fast forward 2 years. Same lady. Different sidewalk, different business. Same thing.
Fast forward about 3 years. The lady's daughter did the same thing. Got money.
Fast forward to 2 years ago. Wed. night - parents picking kids up at church. Rainy night. The entry to the church is tiled. Tile, wet shoes - they just don't add up, do they? The daughter came running in from outside, tried to quit running, and fell.
Myself and 3 other dads were standing there and the comments were made "I wonder how much this is going to cost the church?"
I know, it is sad how it works, especially when they can then see a history and yet can still get money.
I came to work over the winter, and it was one of the days that the ice was really bad. I got out of my truck and started to walk across the parking lot when I slipped, went airborne, and landed flat on my back. Hurt something terrible, and I was pretty sore for a couple days. I didn't even think about suing the company who owns the building.
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Wasn't it Walmart that got sued because a woman stepped on a skateboard that was in the aisle and fell and hurt herself and after reviewing the video it was HER SON that got it down and left it in the aisle and Walmart had to pay anyway?
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Wasn't it Walmart that got sued because a woman stepped on a skateboard that was in the aisle and fell and hurt herself and after reviewing the video it was HER SON that got it down and left it in the aisle and Walmart had to pay anyway?
Hadn't heard that, but I believe it could and probably did happen.
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That lady and daughter are greedy, lazy nuts...or at least their consistent law suits suggest that to me.
I slipped in an icy parking lot (in one of the few areas the hotel didn't plow/salt and it was black ice - couldn't see it), I sprained my ankle something fierce - it was darn close to breaking. The hotel asked me to send them my ER bill, they paid it and that was it. I didn't ask for anything more and I also didn't try to get money out of them for missed work.
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Just watched this show last night. It was one sided but brought up valid points. The girl who got raped in Iraq didn't fair so well when she finally got her case to civil court. Their seems to be quite a few inconsistencies in her story. It's a long article so I won't paste it, but here's the link: Mother Jones
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