man sues mcdonald's for 10 million for putting cheese on his burger

[Solomwi]

Could have been worse. At least they didn't lose his pants.

[SpencerH]

McD's coffee was too hot. OTOH an idiot who puts a paper cup of fresh coffee between her legs doesnt deserve compensation when she burns herself.

[Odin]

Originally posted by CrONoS
Poll:

Is this guy's...

1- Stupid

2- Greedy!


Or:
3- Greedy & Stupid!??

#3

[Odin]

That stuff ain't cheese, it's "processed cheese product."

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by SpencerH
McD's coffee was too hot. OTOH an idiot who puts a paper cup of fresh coffee between her legs doesnt deserve compensation when she burns herself.

I wondered for a long while why the jury did not reduce the amount of the award because of the woman's own stupidity. Under California law, if McD's was 50% responsible for the accident for making scalding hot coffee while the lady was 50% responsible because she placed in between her legs and ran into a speed bump , then her award should have been reduced by 50%. It wasn't.

The only explanation I can imagine is the jury reasoned that, if she hadn't dumped to coffee in her lap, she'd have sipped it into her mouth. This wouldn't mean that she wouldn't have been injured -- all it would have done was to change the injured body part.

[Imran Siddiqui]

They did... the jury judged the woman only 20% at fault because of McD's negligence in hot coffee issues.

[Gibsie]

Good god Zkribbler, someone already posted the link to the wikipedia page, you have no excuse to keep repeating such wrong information about that case. 1) The car was stationary 2) The jury DID reduce the amount (By 20%) end of. Where the christ did you get the speedbump hallucination from?!

But anyway, the man in this story is an idiot, plain and simple and deserves 100% of the blame (While some employee deserves a warning). I hate onions/ mayonaise in my food and there's no way I'll order a burger from a fast food joint without checking myself to see if they've botched up my "special order" (As Snotty will attest to). If it could kill me then I wouldn't order it in the first place- fast food places have a failure rate of about 1/4 in my experience.

But hey if this lawsuit stops them screwing it up, that's a few million bucks I think.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Gibsie
Good god Zkribbler, someone already posted the link to the wikipedia page, you have no excuse to keep repeating such wrong information about that case. 1) The car was stationary 2) The jury DID reduce the amount (By 20%) end of. Where the christ did you get the speedbump hallucination from?!

Sorry I offended you by missing the Wikipedia link. I was repeating info from a newspaper article I read at the time.

The Wikipedia article is detailed enough to be quite convincing, and I should know better not to trust newspapers.

[Lancer]

Can I help any?

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
I was repeating info from a newspaper article I read at the time.

Thinking more about it, my info wasn't from an article but rather from a response in Dear Abby. I distinctly remember it because it was so unusual for Abby to get into news stories like that.

[Lancer]

Hey! I just got back from McD's where I ordered a cheeseburger and guess what? There's NO FRIGGIN CHEESE! Oh the humantities!

I'm thinking 20 mill in pain and suffering.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Lancer
Hey! I just got back from McD's where I ordered a cheeseburger and guess what? There's NO FRIGGIN CHEESE! Oh the humantities!

I'm thinking 20 mill in pain and suffering.

sue them for not allowing you to sue them for not forgetting not to put the cheese!

[Zkribbler]

And fraud!! Luring you in with promises of genuine imitation proceeded cheese food, and then leaving you with nothing! Oh, this is a zillion dollar case if I've even seen one!

--And I'll bet their "golden" arches weren't even made of real gold!

[Lancer]

If nothing else I gained already! That was my first ever use of the smiley.

[b etor]