[lammaredder]

Hang all lawyers, with certain exceptions.

[Grizli]

Everyone makes mistakes.

[accelieda]

That's absurd, sorry. If you're allergic, and buying something that has a risk of (whatever) on it, it's your responsibility to check... sure McD should check also, but they would be liable in my mind to $2.49 - the price of the burger.

Taking two years to file lawsuits = ambulance chaser

[paratayoma]

This lawsuit is indeed truly pathetic and will be a waste of a court's time. The only person winning here is the lawyer.

[OQmYckYz]

Poll:

Is this guy's...

1- Stupid

2- Greedy!


Or:
3- Greedy & Stupid!??

[gSjQEEmq]

hahhaha

[23tommy]

Remember that old lady who sued and won some unspeakable amount of money after she spilled McDonald's coffee on herself, then became a symbol of the out-of-control plaintiffs bar?

But she was right. Unfortunately McD's didn't have to pay the million $ fee, because it was reduced to a few hundred thousand. But I think they did reduce the excessive heat to the industry standard afterwards, so at least that helped.

[pheelixoss]

I hate threads like this. "Mr X sues Y for a silly reason." OMFG STOP THE PRESSES, THIS IS HIROSHIMA ALL OVER AGAIN!

Get over yourselves. The only difference between this man suing some company for no reason and me banging my girlfriend is that suing a company costs a few thousand in lawyer fees. Well, guess what I can get a hooker for a few grand too. Not silly enough for a news story, you say? I can dress her up like Ronald McDonald and put it on youtube....Now THAT IS NEWS! Maybe it will get even more interesting if she SUES ME! I'd lose it in my pants!

Dis, be ashamed of yourself. I wouldn't put cheese on my 6 inch roast beef sub at Subway, self restraint Putting cheese on a hamburger is like putting icing on the bullet that you use to blow your own head off.

[Mugflefusysef]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Remember that old lady who sued and won some unspeakable amount of money after she spilled McDonald's coffee on herself, then became a symbol of the out-of-control plaintiffs bar?

But she was right. Unfortunately McD's didn't have to pay the million $ fee, because it was reduced to a few hundred thousand. But I think they did reduce the excessive heat to the industry standard afterwards, so at least that helped. If I remember right, they paid 13 -15 Mill. You think that ladie still has a hot ?

[Mambattedge]

Originally posted by DanQ


This lawsuit is indeed truly pathetic and will be a waste of a court's time. The only person winning here is the lawyer. The great Zkribblo predicts:

The claim for punitive damages will be thrown out. There's no indication here of malice.

The claim for Intentional Infliction of Emotion Distress with be thrown out. There's no indication of intentional conduct.

The claims of the two people who rushed the burger eater to the hospital will be thrown out. McDonald's conduct was not aimed at them.

If the case goes to trial, the burger eater willl get, at most, his $700 medical bills + an award for pain and suffering of, say, about $2,100. That's $2,800.

The attorney will take 40% or $1,120. Say he "hotdogs" the case and spends only about 20 hours on it -- that's $50.00/hour.

This leaves the burger eater with $1,680. If there's some depositions in this case (burger eater, two friends, McD people, and doctor), these expenses will eat up his award, and he might end up owning his attorney.

I don't know what the going rate for defense attorneys is there, but say it's $200/hr. A defense attorney will spend at least 50 hours on the case; so, he'll collect $10,000.

[bjacogaerllyo]

Finally! Proof positive that the orange stuff on your Big Mac is actually cheese!!!

[peveballery]

Originally posted by Joseph
If I remember right, they paid 13 -15 Mill. You think that ladie still has a hot ? Not even close. On appeal the punitive damage judgment was reduced to $480,000 (the compensatory damage judgment of $160,000 was kept in place). Then the two entered into a settlement agreement. No way if the last ruling was less than $750,000 would McD's accept a $13mil settlement.

http://www.centerjd.org/free/mythbus..._mcdonalds.htm

[cliceperperIa]

You people are wierd. What does a lawsuit about a lady stupidly spilling hot coffee on her naughty bits have to do with this case?

[plogypeskelry]

Originally posted by snoopy369
They were awarded like $13m but it was reduced on appeal to 300k or so. $2.7 in punitives. $160,000 in compensatory.

Numbers always get inflated in the telling of tall tales .

[Woziwfaq]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
You people are wierd. What does a lawsuit about a lady stupidly spilling hot coffee on her naughty bits have to do with this case? The Defense Bar goes screaming to the media with stories like the McDonald's coffee case, so it can argue to the Legislature that we need "caps" are part of "tort reform."

But they don't get tort reform. Rather, they trigger a lot of stupid "multimillion dollar" lawsuits from people who think our court system is a candy store. Thus, we get a case worth a couple of thousand (dripping wet) for an cheeseburger filed as a $10 million dollar suit.

[poulaMahmah]

McD's coffee was too hot. OTOH an idiot who puts a paper cup of fresh coffee between her legs doesnt deserve compensation when she burns herself.

[Sertvfdnhgjk]

That stuff ain't cheese, it's "processed cheese product."

[myhackingtosh_ws]

They did... the jury judged the woman only 20% at fault because of McD's negligence in hot coffee issues.

[Muesrasrs]

Originally posted by Gibsie
Good god Zkribbler, someone already posted the link to the wikipedia page, you have no excuse to keep repeating such wrong information about that case. 1) The car was stationary 2) The jury DID reduce the amount (By 20%) end of. Where the christ did you get the speedbump hallucination from?! Sorry I offended you by missing the Wikipedia link. I was repeating info from a newspaper article I read at the time.

The Wikipedia article is detailed enough to be quite convincing, and I should know better not to trust newspapers.

[wantedLOX]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
I was repeating info from a newspaper article I read at the time. Thinking more about it, my info wasn't from an article but rather from a response in Dear Abby. I distinctly remember it because it was so unusual for Abby to get into news stories like that.