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Ozymandias:
--- Quote from: Nodaisho on 12 Dec 2008, 06:33 ---Remember, this is the country where someone successfully sued McDonalds for the coffee being hot.
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The coffee was served at 190 degrees Fahrenheit, a good 20 degrees hotter than most coffee is served at. Stella Liebeck suffered third degree burns to her legs, thighs, butt, and groin in a matter of seconds. She was in the hospital for a week where she lost 30 pounds(she started at 118), had to have skin grafts, and further treatment for two years.
99.9% of hot coffee suits are thrown out. Hers was not.
Jace:
My sister was 13 hours of labor ending in a c-section.
I was born in 24 minutes. No joke. My mom asked for drugs so she wouldn't feel the birth and the doctor handed her a baby.
Also, didn't Jack Thompson try to have a hot coffee law suit?
Nodaisho:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias on 12 Dec 2008, 07:33 ---
--- Quote from: Nodaisho on 12 Dec 2008, 06:33 ---Remember, this is the country where someone successfully sued McDonalds for the coffee being hot.
--- End quote ---
The coffee was served at 190 degrees Fahrenheit, a good 20 degrees hotter than most coffee is served at. Stella Liebeck suffered third degree burns to her legs, thighs, butt, and groin in a matter of seconds. She was in the hospital for a week where she lost 30 pounds(she started at 118), had to have skin grafts, and further treatment for two years.
99.9% of hot coffee suits are thrown out. Hers was not.
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While that does suck, from what I could tell (wikipedia), her lawyer argued that it should have been cool enough that it would have caused those burns within 20 seconds, rather than 13-15 (though apparently someone proved that the temperature given wouldn't have had that effect). She was in the coffee for 90 seconds (it soaked into her sweatpants). What I don't understand is how something hot enough to cause burns on flesh wouldn't have the same effect on the mouth flesh. I know I have had a funny feeling in my mouth, like I had burned it slightly, for a day or so after drinking something hot, but I didn't need skin grafts on my tongue. Does the temperature drop off rapidly?
Still, I would say that someone who had had an operation performed on them without their consent, and indeed against their explicit request, would have an even better case than she did.
redglasscurls:
I think tounge tissue heals a lot faster than regular skin, if that makes a difference
tania:
i think i was also born in something ridiculous like 13 or 14 hours too. my mom liked to remind me of this every birthday when i was still living in markham. like, going through the entire day from morning to night, pretending it was the same day. "oh, at this point my water broke and we left for the hospital" "at this point i was still in the hospital!" "at this point i would have been in the hospital for 10 hours!" okay i am sorry that it was the worst thing I GET IT
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