Restaurant, mother settle suit over hot mashed potatoes

[Surfrider]

I hope you Europeans don't have the same amount of retarded lawsuits as we do in America.

They don't because they have what is called "loser pays".

If we had that here, stupid ass law suits would end.

Yah, but then our friends in the ABA couldnt file suits with immunity   We certainly wouldn't want to hurt the pocket books of the attorney lobby.  After all, many indigent people get represented that otherwise wouldn't.

[Sterlingdog]

With regard to the McDonalds suit, the coffee was about 180 degrees farenheit and normal coffe is 130-140 degrees farenheit.? The old lady spilled the coffe on her lap and sat their for 10 minutes before her grandson finally made her take her pants off.? A Burn specialist in the matter stated that the same burns would have resulted had the coffee been the normal temperature and left on the skin for that long.? McDonalds argument was that customer's bought their coffee knowing it was hotter because that way they could take it to work and it would still be warm.? What it comes down too is that people want a law that protects them from being retarded.? There was a guy who sued a restraunt because their food was so cheap he could afford to gorge himself and have a heart attack.? Another law suit was from a person who put their car on cruise control and went to sleep - they thought the car would drive itself.? Finally another famout suit stems from a guy who drank a gallon of milk a day and had medical complications due to that - he thought it was alright to drink something that is approximately 70% fat.? I hope you Europeans don't have the same amount of retarded lawsuits as we do in America.

FYI:  The cruise control thing didn't happen...its an urban legend.  http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/cruise.asp

I don't know about the others, I couldn't find mention of those either way.

[SLCPUNK]

I hope you Europeans don't have the same amount of retarded lawsuits as we do in America.

They don't because they have what is called "loser pays".

If we had that here, stupid ass law suits would end.

Yah, but then our friends in the ABA couldnt file suits with immunity   We certainly wouldn't want to hurt the pocket books of the attorney lobby.  After all, many indigent people get represented that otherwise wouldn't.

Let lawyers do their normal pro bono work for indigent people I say.

Loser pays is the way to cut this shit out....although it would never happen.

[Queen of Everything]

I agree this lawsuit is stupid, but I can kind of understand, as a parent. ?I had a similar situation once with my child. ?I was out to dinner with my little girl and a friend. ?My friend's order was wrong, so they had taken it back and I'm sure rushed to get the correct thing out. ?When the waitress came with the dish, she was using a hotmit to hold it and said "Careful this is hot" as she set it down. ?My little girl, who I think was 3 at the time, reached out to touch it. ?She wanted to see how hot it was. ?It happened so quickly, I couldn't stop her. ?Needless to say, she got a significant burn. ?I'm telling you, that dish had to have come straight out of an oven. ?I was angry, but I didn't make a scene or sue, because I'm not that kind of person. ?And I saw it as an unfortunate accident, and a lesson learned for my daughter. ?But doesn't a restaurant have some responsibility not to put something that hot on the table, especially in front of a small child?

Good point.  Why do we alwasy want to eat the thing that says DONT EAT??

can you sue people if you DO eat it???

[Sterlingdog]

I agree this lawsuit is stupid, but I can kind of understand, as a parent.  I had a similar situation once with my child.  I was out to dinner with my little girl and a friend.  My friend's order was wrong, so they had taken it back and I'm sure rushed to get the correct thing out.  When the waitress came with the dish, she was using a hotmit to hold it and said "Careful this is hot" as she set it down.  My little girl, who I think was 3 at the time, reached out to touch it.  She wanted to see how hot it was.  It happened so quickly, I couldn't stop her.  Needless to say, she got a significant burn.  I'm telling you, that dish had to have come straight out of an oven.  I was angry, but I didn't make a scene or sue, because I'm not that kind of person.  And I saw it as an unfortunate accident, and a lesson learned for my daughter.  But doesn't a restaurant have some responsibility not to put something that hot on the table, especially in front of a small child?

Good point. Why do we alwasy want to eat the thing that says DONT EAT??

can you sue people if you DO eat it???

Well my daughter was 3.  I wouldn't feel so bad for an adult.  But I guess what I'm saying is that when someone hands you a plate of food, and says, this is hot, you can reasonably expect that if you touch it, it will be uncomfortable.  You don't expect to get 2nd degree burns.  At least I wouldn't.  So I'm wondering if at some point, the restaurant does become negligent by serving you something that is EXTREMELy hot, beyond what a reasonable person would expect. 

[Surfrider]

I hope you Europeans don't have the same amount of retarded lawsuits as we do in America.

They don't because they have what is called "loser pays".

If we had that here, stupid ass law suits would end.

Yah, but then our friends in the ABA couldnt file suits with immunity ? We certainly wouldn't want to hurt the pocket books of the attorney lobby.? After all, many indigent people get represented that otherwise wouldn't.

Let lawyers do their normal pro bono work for indigent people I say.

Loser pays is the way to cut this shit out....although it would never happen.

I agree, I was being sarcastic

[SLCPUNK]

I hope you Europeans don't have the same amount of retarded lawsuits as we do in America.

They don't because they have what is called "loser pays".

If we had that here, stupid ass law suits would end.

Yah, but then our friends in the ABA couldnt file suits with immunity   We certainly wouldn't want to hurt the pocket books of the attorney lobby.  After all, many indigent people get represented that otherwise wouldn't.

Let lawyers do their normal pro bono work for indigent people I say.

Loser pays is the way to cut this shit out....although it would never happen.

I agree, I was being sarcastic

lol, sometimes I'm slow like that...or read too fast.

[neko]

i think many lawsuits are stupid and people just want money for anything , but for example if you go to a restaurant you wont expect the food they give you to be a danger for yourself , yes the potatoes should be hot but in some degree , also the coffee, you know its hot but you cant have a coffee that can give you 3rd degree burns . im not saying that this lawsuits are right , but its not stupid to think that there must be rules or protection against this things. there are restaurants that put the food and the plate directly from the microwave (or oven) into the table , it doesnt matter if they tell you "watch out its hot" they shouldnt put something that can burn a person in the table.