>However, most coffee is unfit for human consumption when it
>is first poured. I don't know anyone, anywhere, who can
>order a cup of coffee and begin drinking it.

Yeah, and that's still not served at 190 degrees like the McD's cups were. So just think how much hotter that cup a joe was compared to others you'd get at a comparable restaurant.

>And besides, what was the temperature of the coffee at the
>time it was spilled? I haven't seen that figure. How much
>time elapsed from it being poured into the cup to when it
>was spilled on her lap?

Served at 190, spilled at 190.

>Hey, it SUCKS she was burned. But she was a feeble old
>woman trying to put in cream and sugar into a cup of coffee
>(which means, also, that she removed the lid in a vehicle)
>and she spilled it.
>
>The coffee would have never burned her if she hadn't spilled
>it.

Good point Cap'n Obvious:)...but what about the other 700 people? They weren't all 80 ya know...

>My finger wouldn't have been bruised had I not slipped and
>fell into the flywheel.

Yeah, and I wouldn't have a nasty paper cut had i not tried wrapping that gift. You see, I can make bad comparisons too:) What they're both missing is that essential element of corporate negligence.

BTW, you should read this article on the topic. it's by the Reed Morgan, the lady's lawyer. http://corpreform.typepad.com/corpreform/mcdonalds_article.pdf


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