Oh, give me a break. This is on the "McDonalds Hot Coffee in my Lap" level.
Maybe she got excited when she saw all those balls.
The legal system in the US is just screwed up total(!) loss of common sense.
And although I like the USA & got lots of friends there: whenever I read about things like this, I'm glad to live in the "old Europe".
If you are referring to the infamous McDonalds case that has been totally misrepresented over the years, you're wrong - she only ended up with about $600,000 which was after McDonalds was found to be 80% liable and had refused a more reasonable settlement for real severe injuries.But then someone got millions for spilled hot coffee, so yeah, America is awesome.
OMG I bought coffee at a coffee shop and it was so hot I burned myself when I spilled it all over myself.......
Since when does a broken nose cost $75,000 in medical expenses?![]()
If you walk into a door and blame the owner of the store, you need to be euthanized.
Hope all this woman gets is the bill from her lawyer.
Oh, give me a break. This is on the "McDonalds Hot Cofee in my Lap" level.
Only in America, lets sue for more than 10 times what my damages are
well i should label all of America bad i have friends there and I love to go to New York and Florida but man you wouldnt get far with a case like this in Canada
Alternate headline: Birds Smarter than 83-Year Old
I wouldn't be surprised if she won. The legal system is really messed up. There have been cases where burglars break into homes and get hurt in the process and then successfully sue the owner of said home.
Just because i hate when people parrot the "McDonalds lawsuit" as if it was actually all that frivilous (it really wasn't): http://www.legal-news-california.tozerlaw.com/mcdonalds_coffee_case.html
Can you come up with a link to a case where a burglar has sued and actually won? I'd be very interested in seeing this. Anyone can sue, of course, but winning is another matter.
Without an actual link, this seems like urban myth to me.
This. I have seen the window. It's very clear. There should have been signage in the window.
I don't think she'll get close to what she's asking for but I agree an out of court settlement.