Dangerjudy wrote:Ahem - the lawsuit about McDonalds' coffee was actually valid -
Yeah..OK
You know you those "Facts"in that link take you to a website of a civil liar - I mean lawyer.
This is right off their website:
"Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, medical malpractice, wrongful death, auto accident and personal injury attorneys and lawyers dedicated to vigorously representing the injured.
So the info must be true???
How about this one
http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Nov/1/129862.html
"...79-year old Stella Liebeck was not driving in a car when she was injured. In fact, she was not driving at all. She had gone with her grandson, Chris, to take her son, Jim, to the airport. On the way home, Chris pulled into a McDonald's drive-thru for breakfast. He parked the car so she could add cream and sugar to her coffee. Here's what happened next: Because the car had no cup holders and a slanted dash, Stella testified that she put the cup between her knees and removed the lid. As she did so, the slick styrofoam cup flipped backwards, dumping the scalding liquid into her lap and saturated the cotton sweatsuit which she was wearing."
Maybe they should have sued the automobile maker for faulty designing since they did not give the occupants a safe place to put that coffee.
Who would have know that coffee is really hot and if you set it between your legs, it will burn when it spills. In the end, the old women got millions and McDonalds now labels their cup Extremely Hot. Really!!
I suppose the slack-jawed morons that could not read the side of a pack of cigarettes that clearly states it can cause cancer are just in the millions of dollars they have been awarded.
I just must be a genius, since I have figured this stuff out over the years. Or maybe...I take responsibility for my errors in judgment that causes injury to myself.
In our country, it's always somebody else's fault. It's an ugly trend that is only getting worse. These are extreme examples, but it really is a major root of landowners reluctance to open their lands/caves to cavers. Some do not want the traffic, but most are just protecting themselves from liability.
Mark