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He needs to sue Sonic for negligence. How dare they sell this man, who is susceptible to “brain freezes” a cold drink?? If that courageous woman who sued McDonald’s can rake in millions for spilling “hot” coffee, this guys should get mega-rich for buying cold ice.

I dated a woman who was a smoker. She was driving her car and pulled into a parking garage, lit cigarette in mouth.

Somehow, the cigarette launched out of her mouth and between her legs (she was wearing a dress) as she was turning into an exterior wall parking slot.

To avoid a burn, she did her version of the exoricist and elevated her hips to about the same level as the top of the steering wheel, which by the way is not conducive to safe driving practices.

The car was under control, but her feet were no longer close to any pedals, so – wham!

Fortunately, the parking garage wall withstood the collision, but the front bumper and a bent hood/fenders did not. :)

Are you kidding me Jed? That’s ridiculous, people can drink soda and drive at the same time unless they’re really inept. That’s THEIR fault. I shouldn’t have to give up drinking a soda because they can’t do it.

For those making the comparison to the McDonalds burn case, you’re either 1. Ignorant of the facts of that case or you’re 2. Complete aholes.
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm

Read that, and then when Sonic starts making their slushees with dry ice that burns you, then you can make the comparison.

Other than that, this guy just was unlucky, brain freeze HURTS.

This condition describes Bush during press conferences, only without the frozen drink.

I wonder how many folks before her, put the same coffee from the same pot to their lips without scalding themselves. Maybe they blew on it a little, just to kinda cool it down a bit before hand? She’s a self-serving hag that should have used the provided drink holder in her car.

I don’t think it was a result of the drink, perhaps more of a permanent condition.

You know-nothings! You make a joke but you have no idea of the truth.

That 72 yr old lady received 3rd degree burns and required skin grafts to repair the damage to her legs. This is after hundreds of reports of serious burns from coffee kept unsafely hot – by choice – to increase profits.

“A vascular surgeon determined that Liebeck suffered full
thickness burns (or third-degree burns) over 6 percent of her body,
including her inner thighs, perineum, buttocks, and genital and groin
areas. She was hospitalized for eight days, during which time she
underwent skin grafting. Liebeck, who also underwent debridement
treatments, sought to settle her claim for $20,000, but McDonalds
refused.

During discovery, McDonalds produced documents showing more than 700claims by people burned by its coffee between 1982 and 1992. Some claims involved third-degree burns substantially similar to Liebecks. This
history documented McDonalds’ knowledge about the extent and nature of this hazard.”

lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm

How many people Queef? 400 who actually filed complaints with the company. Of course you’d had known that if you read the article. How many thousand didn’t file complaints?
And McDonalds KNEW, and still made excuses.

Don’t drink McDonald’s coffee. Freedom of choice, dumbass.

Part of my long list of accomplishments is the ability to consume a Big Mac or a Whopper while driving (without spilling a single dab of sauce or morsel of food).

Pleefer posted June 12, 2008 at 6:38 am

“If that courageous woman who sued McDonald’s can rake in millions for spilling “hot” coffee,…”
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Rake in “millions” (plural)? As in more than $2 million?

The total court award was $640,000. That’s less than $1 million.

The amount of the after-court settlement is SECRET.

Why does Pleefer believe that McDonald’s paid her at least $1.36 million MORE than the court award?

A $1.36 million customer appreciation bonus? Prize money for filing the 700th coffee lawsuit against them? /sarcasm off

Pleefer: “She’s a self-serving hag that should have used the provided drink holder in her car.”
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IIRC, the car did NOT have a drinker holder… and the top of the dashboard was curved.

SolDevVB,

Was it the woman’s fault she had full-thickness burns after an employee spilled the coffee on her?

Darwin?

‘McDonald’s Callousness Was Real Issue, Jurors Say, In Case of Burned Woman’
http://www.vanfirm.com/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit.htm
“Now, plotting Mrs. Liebeck’s case, Mr. Morgan planned to introduce photographs of his previous client’s injuries and those of a California woman who suffered second- and third-degree burns after a McDonald’s employee spilled hot coffee into her vehicle in 1990, a case that was settled out of court for $230,000.”