Spill Hot coffee Win Millions
In a case that closely echoes one from nearly two decades ago, a woman is suing McDonald's after hot coffee was spilled in her lap.
Paulette Carr claims to have been injured on January 12, 2012 while she was at a drive-through window of a McDonald's in Los Angeles. As described in her lawsuit, a coffee that had been closed “negligently, carelessly, and improperly” spilled onto her.
Carr now seeks unspecified monetary damages. Her attorney has ignored requests for comments.
A McDonald’s spokesperson, too, has ignored requests for comments.
In the infamous 1994 hot coffee case, which sparked demands for legal reform, a woman was awarded $2.9 million after she spilled a hot coffee into her own lap at a McDonald’s in Albuquerque. This sum was later reduced to $640,000, and the case closed for an undisclosed amount.
Relatives of the woman injured in the great spill of ’92 stated that the woman had suffered third-degree burns that required skin graft surgery. They also noted that McDonald’s served its coffee at “dangerously hot levels.”
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/theyve-maybe-done-it-again-mcdonalds-sued-hot-coffee-spill#
Paulette Carr claims to have been injured on January 12, 2012 while she was at a drive-through window of a McDonald's in Los Angeles. As described in her lawsuit, a coffee that had been closed “negligently, carelessly, and improperly” spilled onto her.
Carr now seeks unspecified monetary damages. Her attorney has ignored requests for comments.
A McDonald’s spokesperson, too, has ignored requests for comments.
In the infamous 1994 hot coffee case, which sparked demands for legal reform, a woman was awarded $2.9 million after she spilled a hot coffee into her own lap at a McDonald’s in Albuquerque. This sum was later reduced to $640,000, and the case closed for an undisclosed amount.
Relatives of the woman injured in the great spill of ’92 stated that the woman had suffered third-degree burns that required skin graft surgery. They also noted that McDonald’s served its coffee at “dangerously hot levels.”
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/theyve-maybe-done-it-again-mcdonalds-sued-hot-coffee-spill#
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