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**yatrahnualenu** · 01-20-2007, 04:19 AM

Thank God they aren't true. I was getting seriously pissed off reading those. There are quite a bit of similarly stupid court cases in America though. They shouldn't let a jury decide cases like these. The average American citizen is too damn stupid. Let a judge with some common sense decide these kinds of cases.

I think a lot of people get awarded money for things that might seem stupid to us (like someone burning themselves on their hot coffee) because the money is needed to pay for the medical expenses (which they wouldn't be able to normally afford).

I remember one case a while back in the UK where the coffee was so hot that the child (who was burned) required plastic surgery.

01-20-2007, 04:19 AM	#10
yatrahnualenu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	Thank God they aren't true. I was getting seriously pissed off reading those. There are quite a bit of similarly stupid court cases in America though. They shouldn't let a jury decide cases like these. The average American citizen is too damn stupid. Let a judge with some common sense decide these kinds of cases. I think a lot of people get awarded money for things that might seem stupid to us (like someone burning themselves on their hot coffee) because the money is needed to pay for the medical expenses (which they wouldn't be able to normally afford). I remember one case a while back in the UK where the coffee was so hot that the child (who was burned) required plastic surgery.
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