Quote Originally Posted by Tarzanman
Everyone always brings that court case up, and noone ever knows the details.

·McDonald's sold its coffee at 180º to 190º Fahrenheit; This is about 20 degrees from boiling (212ºF). Coffee at that temperature, if spilled, causes third-degree burns (the skin is burned away down to the muscle/fatty-tissue layer) in 2 to 7 seconds.

·McDonald's admitted that it had known about the risk of serious burns from its scalding hot coffee for more than 10 years -- the risk was brought to its attention through numerous other claims. In fact, from 1982 to 1992, McDonald's coffee burned more than 700 people, many receiving severe burns to the genital area, perineum, inner thighs, and buttocks.

· McDonald's admitted that its coffee is “not fit for consumption” when sold because it causes severe scalds if spilled or drunk by customers;

·Although McDonald's admitted that it has known about the risk of serious burns from its scalding hot coffee for more than 10 years, they admitted that they did not warn customers of the nature and extent of this risk... and could offer no explanation as to why no due warning was given

·Also, 3rd degree burns are pretty serious. They do not heal without skin grafting, debridement and whirlpool treatments that cost tens of thousands of dollars and result in permanent disfigurement, extreme pain and disability of the victim for many months, and in some cases, years.

Basically... McDonalds was knowingly selling a dangerous product. Everyone knows that hot coffee is hot... but hot coffee shouldn't require a freakin hospital visit if it is spilled on something. By your reasoning, McDonald's should be able to stock razor blades instead of plastic butter knives as utensils and be free of responsibility when people slice themselves up while trying to spread butter on their hotcakes.

The court held that companies that serve the public have a responsibility to warn the public about serious dangers that aren't immediately obvious (like hot coffee that than effectively melt your skin). I don't think the court was wrong.
wtf no...thats like sayin that cigarette lighters need a warnin on them sayin that they can burn you and if people would be dumb enough to cut themselves up with razor blades so be it less dumbasses in the world...people like you are what lets cases like this go that far