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On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:10:45 -0700, "Bill McKee"
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On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:49:25 -0400, Larry wrote:


Amazing. Two morons and a big settlement. I hope they can appeal it.
It's worse than the lady who spilled coffee on her lap and sued because
it was hot.

Yeah, well there is hot, and then there is what McDonald's was selling.
Eight days in hospital, with skin grafts, hot.

http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm

When you are 70 years old, and a coffee drinker, you should have learned
coffee is hot. And not be so stupid as to take off the protective lid and
place the cup in your crotch as your son drives over the curb leaving
McD's.
And the $24million was reduced to about 1.4 million. After medical and
legal costs, I bet she had enough to buy a senior coffee at McD's.


I am surprised we haven't made it illegal to drink coffee and drive.
It is certainly as disruptive as talking on the phone, even if you
don't spill it..

Phone is much more disruptive. Drinking coffee does not require any
concentration. Sort of second nature by the time you are an adult.

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On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:18:07 -0700, "Bill McKee"
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Drinking coffee does not require any
concentration


What???
It certainly ties up one hand and you have to be careful not to spill
it. Evasive maneuvers are virtually impossible with a hot cup of
coffee in your hand.
The other one is fooling with a GPS or that computer that replaced the
radio.


Mr. MaGoo uses his feet.

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On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:49:25 -0400, Larry wrote:


Amazing. Two morons and a big settlement. I hope they can appeal it.
It's worse than the lady who spilled coffee on her lap and sued because
it was hot.

Yeah, well there is hot, and then there is what McDonald's was selling.
Eight days in hospital, with skin grafts, hot.

http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm


It's a pretty interesting case. It was hyped in the media as some major
miscarriage of justice, when actually McDs had had many complaints. They did
nothing.

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