Circumcision? How does a female get that is beyond my knowledge... and I am a surgeon.
Google "female circumcision".
Circumcision? How does a female get that is beyond my knowledge... and I am a surgeon.
Only in the US. Yikes.
And @chrono...I watched a doc on the HBO Go app..I think it was called Hot Coffee..it focused on that case and a few others. It was really, really interesting. Not that I'm for "frivolous" lawsuits, but it makes you think.
Insane. I personally believe kidnapping should be a mandatory death sentence (or at least life in prison) because it shows intent to kill. You rarely hear about kidnapping victims being found alive.
this reminds me of a similarly absurd case in the UK. A burglar was walking on the roof of the house, and he fell through the glass sky window. He suffered a broken spine amongst other injuries. He managed to sue (and win) the owners of the house because the glass wasn't thick enough to comply with regulations. What a system, hey?
I saw that too, it was interesting, but I wish it were shorter.
Circumcision? How does a female get that is beyond my knowledge... and I am a surgeon.
Plus verbal contracts. What a ridiculous story.
this reminds me of a similarly absurd case in the UK. A burglar was walking on the roof of the house, and he fell through the glass sky window. He suffered a broken spine amongst other injuries. He managed to sue (and win) the owners of the house because the glass wasn't thick enough to comply with regulations.
Do you have a link for that?
I am always curious about these sort of things and often they turn out to be something someone heard: from a friend of a friend's uncle whose daughter swears she heard it from the News International journo she was shagging's wife's dog groomer…
Insane. I personally believe kidnapping should be a mandatory death sentence (or at least life in prison) because it shows intent to kill. You rarely hear about kidnapping victims being found alive.
It reminds me of the case where the dumb lady spilled her coffee on herself and sued mcdonalds because it was "too hot" and won.
Insane. I personally believe kidnapping should be a mandatory death sentence (or at least life in prison) because it shows intent to kill. You rarely hear about kidnapping victims being found alive.
That being said this seems more like a hostage act that a kidnapping but it doesn't make this any less ridiculous.
It reminds me of the case where the dumb lady spilled her coffee on herself and sued mcdonalds because it was "too hot" and won.
I really wish there was a law against friviolous lawsuits.
The hot coffee lawsuit was not frivolous. The company had a policy for proper "serving temperature" that was safe but the store manager intentionally served it hotter to reduce the demand for re-fills and save a few pennies. He was trained not to do it but did it anyway. This is the very definition of "negligent" when you are told "don't do this because someone will get hurt" and then you intentionally do it. (the coffee machine was not broken, it was re-adjusted to be way to hot, near boiling)
The woman spilled it on herself. Its her fault.
People need to take responsibility for their own actions.
The lawsuit was definitely frivolous.
Its like trying to sue a gun manufacturer because you shot yourself in the foot. Sure the gun may have been more powerful than what the seller told you it was but in the end you still shot yourself.
I understand what you guys are saying, but hotter than usual coffee or not it doesn't mean she should get money because she spilled a drink that everyone knows is hot, on herself.
Its the same as people who slip on a floor and sue the store due to their own clumsyness.
Exactly...and this is kind of what that documentary was about. And if you see the pictures of her injuries...it's not a simple case of just getting burned.
I understand what you guys are saying, but hotter than usual coffee or not it doesn't mean she should get money because she spilled a drink that everyone knows is hot, on herself.
Its the same as people who slip on a floor and sue the store due to their own clumsyness.
The woman spilled it on herself. Its her fault. People need to take responsibility for their own actions.
The lawsuit was definitely frivolous.
Its like trying to sue a gun manufacturer because you shot yourself in the foot. Sure the gun may have been more powerful than what the seller told you it was but in the end you still shot yourself.
That being said I understand your point about the manager making the machine hotter than it should be, but I still don't believe its grounds to sue since the actual cause of the incident was the old lady spilling it on herself.
The burns are freaking horrific. A lot of people have never looked into this case and just naturally assume she was some greedy lady who wanted to get rich quick.
The woman spilled it on herself. Its her fault. People need to take responsibility for their own actions.
The lawsuit was definitely frivolous.
Its like trying to sue a gun manufacturer because you shot yourself in the foot. Sure the gun may have been more powerful than what the seller told you it was but in the end you still shot yourself.
That being said I understand your point about the manager making the machine hotter than it should be, but I still don't believe its grounds to sue since the actual cause of the incident was the old lady spilling it on herself.
I understand what you guys are saying, but hotter than usual coffee or not it doesn't mean she should get money because she spilled a drink that everyone knows is hot, on herself.
Its the same as people who slip on a floor and sue the store due to their own clumsyness.
You really should look into this case. I would link you to the wiki page that gives you some info on it but that is blacked out for the day.
Look into this case and you will see that it was not frivolous. Not the way McDonalds successfully spun it and then people who try to say the courts are abused use it.
It seems that way but look into it and you will see the Coffee Hot case was not frivolous. I know of some frivolous cases that have happened and the person suing won but Coffee hot is not one of them.
I used to be in the group who though Coffee hot was an example of a person being greedy and then I read up about it.
The orginal law suit was for McDonald to cover the medical expensive which was from the 2nd and 3rd degree burns she suffered. It went up from there as the case grew. It was found out that the coffee was hotter than it should be and then the jury also wanted to punish McDonalds for its rather callus attitude it had in court. It was 1 days worth of coffee sells from McDonalds.
I suggest you read up on the case and see why things happened.
Plus verbal contracts. What a ridiculous story.
I understand what you guys are saying, but hotter than usual coffee or not it doesn't mean she should get money because she spilled a drink that everyone knows is hot, on herself.
Its the same as people who slip on a floor and sue the store due to their own clumsyness.
Sorry, I guess I wasn't being literal. Oral contracts, like the one from this story, are not valid. If, however, the oral contract was agreed upon in a manner that would please a court, then it's possible. I don't think that happened here.Verbal contracts are valid in UK and US law. However as everyone has said, not under duress.
Sorry, I guess I wasn't being literal. Oral contracts, like the one from this story, are not valid. If, however, the oral contract was agreed upon in a manner that would please a court, then it's possible. I don't think that happened here.