Re: [OT] Suing for hot coffee

2003-09-22 Thread Mathieu Roy
"Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 07:51:34PM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote: > > Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) wrote: > > > > "Coffee at 180 degrees" is a distinct item from "coffee". Coffee is

Re: [OT] Suing for hot coffee

2003-09-21 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 07:51:34PM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote: > Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) wrote: > > > "Coffee at 180 degrees" is a distinct item from "coffee". Coffee is > > > not properly served at 180 degrees > > > > What are yo

Re: [OT] Suing for hot coffee

2003-09-21 Thread Mathieu Roy
Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) wrote: > > Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Give me a break. Coffee is hot. It is made with boiling water. This > > > is not a case of a McDonalds employee spilling coffee on someone else. > >

Re: [OT] Suing for hot coffee

2003-09-21 Thread Walter Landry
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) wrote: > Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Give me a break. Coffee is hot. It is made with boiling water. This > > is not a case of a McDonalds employee spilling coffee on someone else. > > This is someone not being careful and spilling it on

Re: [OT] Suing for hot coffee

2003-09-21 Thread Andreas Barth
* Walter Landry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030921 02:03]: > Joe Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Contrary to popular belief, the McDonald's coffee case was not frivolous. > > > > http://www.centerjd.org/free/mythbusters-free/MB_mcdonalds.htm > Give me a break. Coffee is hot. It is made with boilin

Re: [OT] Suing for hot coffee

2003-09-20 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Joe Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don Armstrong wrote: > > > 1: Of course, you do hear about rather rediculous [sic] judgements from > > > time to time. That's because there are quite a few moronic lower court > > > judges out there. Most of those

Re: [OT] Suing for hot coffee

2003-09-20 Thread Walter Landry
Joe Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don Armstrong wrote: > > 1: Of course, you do hear about rather rediculous [sic] judgements from > > time to time. That's because there are quite a few moronic lower court > > judges out there. Most of those settlements (the Mc-D's coffee one for > > instance)

Re: [OT] Suing for hot coffee [Was: Re: UnrealIRCd License (Click-Through issue)]

2003-09-20 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Andreas Barth wrote: > In this case she did "swim" in it, see also > http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm (which describes that case > IMHO much better). Thanks for the link. That should remind me to check anectdotes out slightly more carefully. Don Armstrong -- Sentence

Re: [OT] Suing for hot coffee [Was: Re: UnrealIRCd License (Click-Through issue)]

2003-09-20 Thread Andreas Barth
* Don Armstrong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030920 21:50]: > On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Joe Drew wrote: > > Contrary to popular belief, the McDonald's coffee case was not > > frivolous. > > > > http://www.centerjd.org/free/mythbusters-free/MB_mcdonalds.htm > First off, hot coffee causes 2nd degree burns, not

Re: [OT] Suing for hot coffee [Was: Re: UnrealIRCd License (Click-Through issue)]

2003-09-20 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First off, hot coffee causes 2nd degree burns, not 3rd degree > burns.[1] Ordinary temperature coffee does indeed cause 2nd degree burns. This is not true however for coffee served at 180 degrees Farenheit. > Secondly, the punitive award by the jury o

Re: [OT] Suing for hot coffee [Was: Re: UnrealIRCd License (Click-Through issue)]

2003-09-20 Thread Don Armstrong
Whoa. Digging around in the archives are we? On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Joe Drew wrote: > Don Armstrong wrote: >>1: Of course, you do hear about rather rediculous [sic] judgements >>from time to time. That's because there are quite a few moronic lower >>court judges out there. Most of those settlements