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Originally Posted by petermo
These are the same people who want government to protect them from everything (including tornados etc) and who sue MacDonalds because they're so "darn" stupid as to drive a car with hot coffee between their legs.
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Assuming we are talking aobut the same hot coffee case, the injured lady was not driving nor was the car in motion, and the coffee was not simply hot, it was scalding...180 degrees fahrenheit which caused third degree burns over 7 percent of her body, groin, buttocks thighs. She was hospitalized for 8 days and had to have skin grafts.
The lady was found 20% responsible for her injuries. After the case, mcdonalds local store lowered coffee temps to 158 degrees.
But I guess most right thinking people would just take the skin grafts and write it up to experience.
