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Originally Posted by Lasereth
This is completely derailing the thread and is nitpicking, but I have to comment since we talked about this case in Law class. The coffee was from McDonald's and was handed to the woman at the drive-through. She spilled it on her legs and had to get skin graft surgery due to the burns. The burns were bad enough to require plastic surgery and thousands of dollars of hospital visits. That lawsuit was won fair and square...now McDonald's has to keep their coffee like 40 degrees cooler than it used to be so the drive-through people don't have to get skin grafts if the lid pops open.  |
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Originally Posted by http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
McDonalds also said during discovery that, based on a consultants
advice, it held its coffee at between 180 and 190 degrees fahrenheit to
maintain optimum taste. He admitted that he had not evaluated the
safety ramifications at this temperature. Other establishments sell
coffee at substantially lower temperatures, and coffee served at home is
generally 135 to 140 degrees.
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There was more to this case than most people realise. If the coffee had been at the normal temperature it would not have caused such severe burns.