$1.35 million a day in coffee sales and they have 700 burns over ten years?
Sounds like MOST people realize hot liquids burn On Dec 21, 2007 2:10 PM, Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did any of you arguing for McDonalds read any of the reasoning behind the > jury decision? > > Let me make it easy for you and paste some stuff so you don't have to read > the whole thing. > > "During discovery, McDonalds produced documents showing more than 700 claims > by people burned by its coffee between 1982 and 1992. Some claims involved > third-degree burns substantially similar to Liebecks. This history > documented McDonalds' knowledge about the extent and nature of this hazard." > > "McDonalds also said during discovery that, based on a consultants advice, > it held its coffee at between 180 and 190 degrees Fahrenheit to maintain > optimum taste. He admitted that he had not evaluated the safety > ramifications at this temperature. Other establishments sell coffee at > substantially lower temperatures, and coffee served at home is generally 135 > to 140 degrees." > > "Plaintiffs' expert, a scholar in thermodynamics applied to human skin > burns, testified that liquids, at 180 degrees, will cause a full thickness > burn to human skin in two to seven seconds." > > "The company admitted its customers were unaware that they could suffer > third degree burns from the coffee..." > > >>> If you are saying that there are arbitrary "reasonable" temperature> > >>> zones for food and beverages, what are you defining them as? > > "He also testified that a burn hazard exists with any food substance served > at 140 degrees or above..." > > McDonald's admitted their stuff was dangerous above and beyond reasonable > expectations, admitted they didn't care and admitted they didn't plan on > doing anything about it. > > McDonald's knowingly and willfully sold a dangerous product not fit for > reasonable use. > > The only way this fits with that asinine "ladder" comparison is if the > ladder had rungs that would collapse under certain conditions, or something > to that affect, making the product as a whole defective when used in a > reasonable manner. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:248888 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
