McDonald’s is being sued over a hot coffee spill, again.

This time, a San Francisco location is being accused of serving a “scalding” cup of coffee with an improperly attached lid, which allegedly resulted in the coffee pouring out on plaintiff Mable Childress’ body and causing “severe burns” after she tried drinking it.

The lawsuit, filed last week, alleged that the elderly woman is suffering from “physical pains, emotional distress and other damages.” The restaurant’s negligence was a “substantial factor” for her injuries, it alleged.

Childress also said in the lawsuit that the restaurant employees “refused” to help her, a point that the McDonald’s denied.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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    1 year ago

    What I don’t understand is how she was appealed down to $480K, but the family in FL got $800K for not warning that the nuggets were fresh out of the fryer. The former was way, way, worse.

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      1 year ago

      What’s nuts is that she originally only asked for like $32k to cover the cost of the fucking skin grafts she needed.

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      1 year ago

      The only thing I can think of is maybe the '91 case wasn’t adjusted for inflation? That would make it a little over 1 mil today