He said near boiling water melted it. I know Styrofoam cups get softer when filled with hot liquid but it doesn't melt.
I also agree if they gave her the initial $20k she asked for it wouldn't have been news and they would have saved a few hundred thousand. But to claim she's a victim of the evil McDonalds is such a joke. On Dec 21, 2007 10:51 AM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know the question wasn't directed at me, but I'd like to give my take on > it. > > I don't defend the person for bringing the suit, but I defend the grounds of > the suit and the decision of the court. I wouldn't have brought such a suit > because I would have been embarrassed beyond belief. > > Materials don't have to change state to fail. Styrofoam may melt at a very > high temperature, but the bonds between the individual expanded polystyrene > beads that constitute Styrofoam can certainly weaken or plasticize well > below that temperature, thereby causing failure (or enough deformity to > constitute failure, as in this case) of the vessel from which it's made. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248846 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
