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In article <Xns98D582B0DB579spoofedatnospamRocki@216.196.97.142>, 
spoofeddatnospam@RockyForda.nat says...
> "jls" <jls1016@bellsouth.net>  wrote :
> 
> > On Feb 11, 8:32 pm, Jim <jim...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >  in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
> >>
> >> Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed
> >> to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a 
> little
> >> in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
> > 
> > More dishonest facts.  An Albuquerque jury awarded Stella Liebeck a
> > sum which was reduced to less than $500,000 by the judge after she
> > suffered horrible third degree burns to her labia minora, labia
> > majora, inner thighs, and other soft tissue because the coffee she
> > spilled on herself was boiling hot.  The cup was defective, the lid
> > was defective, and the coffee was guaranteed to scald.  After the
> > verdict Mickey Dee's cofffee temperature was reduced to 158 deg. F.
> > 
> > Stella was hospitalized and received painful debridement and was
> > disabled for weeks.  After she recovered she was required to have
> > extensive skin grafts.
> > 
> 
> If you buy a screwdriver and stick it in your eye, you shouldnt be able 
> to sue the mfg because of your own stupidity.
> 
> 
> 

And if you get burned and all you want to get is your hospital bill 
paid, but McDonald's new crack law firm decides to fight it, are you 
just supposed to go home and put butter on it? 

Before that case, McD's was handing out checks for about $30K like it 
was nothing. They decided to fight it, and pissed off the jury so badly 
that they wanted to give her like 10 million, but they cut it in half 
themselves to 5. In short, the jury decided to burn Mickey D's. All the 
old lady wanted was like $900, pocket change for McDonalds.

That law firm was soon gone, and they began settling claims again.

They only had to get burned once to learn their lesson too.


BDK