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By airsickmoth on 9/26/2007 6:30:54 PM , Rating: 3
Last time I checked, I bought coffee to drink. I don't buy coffee and have a good time sitting around waiting for it to cool. I buy that coffee and I hate waiting to drink it. At the temperature at which is was served is unsafe for human consumption and is dangerous, as proven by the fact she got 3rd degree burns. If she had put it up to her lips and drank it, it would have burned her throat.

McDonald's claimed in their defense that they serve coffee that hot because people intend on consuming later when they get home or get to work. This was proven untrue during discovery in which McDonald's own market research shows that most people who buy coffee intend to consume it immediately in their car while they drive. If people want to drink coffee right away, why serve it too hot to drink at all? That shows McDonald's is negligent in their serving of coffee.

And the jury found the defendant to be 20% responsible for her own injuries, which is why the damages were 20% less than the $400,000 awarded. This isn't a murder case where people are 100% guilty or innocent. In cases of negligence both parties frequently contribute a % to the incident.

