Posted on 11/17/2005 8:49:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
A Staten Island woman wants $10 million for being scalded by a cup of coffee.
Sharon Shea said she suffered second- and third-degree burns to her legs when two steaming cups of joe tumbled out of the carrier tray as she and a friend drove away from the Dunkin' Donuts parking lot on Forest Avenue.
Shea insists the coffee was too hot and the work- ers didn't fasten the lids tightly enough.
"The [drive-thru] girl had positioned them where they were in the same line [on the tray], they weren't cattycorner," said Shea, 60.
"Just as the car was about to stop, the coffee — those lids couldn't have been on tight, no way in the world — the coffee toppled over onto my leg, and right away I said, 'I'm dying, I'm dead!' "
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Time to take personal responsibility.
I wish i could get hot cup of coffee...
cant get that anywhere...
and this knucklhead get it and complains about it ...
i only wish i could find hot cup of coffee before i die
Time to clean the gene pool
At what point do these idiots assume the risk of carrying the hot coffee?
Im not so lucky to spill scalding coffee on myself.
When the person who gave it to them doesn't have enough money to be worth suing?
If she was driving, and her friend was in the passenger seat, where was the coffee tray? Did she have them on the armrest between them? Balanced on her lap? On the dashboard?
She should also sue the car manufacturer for its habit of stopping too fast, causing the coffee to spill recklessly. And her stupid friend for not holding onto the coffee or putting them in the cupholders. And the pantsuit designer for its nonexistant hot-coffee-resistant material. And her mother and father for having such an idiot.
Hey stupid...it's HOT COFFEE!
Gee! A time or two when it happened to me I just figured it was my own fault for being careless.
I was once hit by a car driver while bicycling, and while I have no claim against the driver or his insurance because I agreed to a settlement that simply replaced my damaged bicycle and paid for my medical treatment as well as two lost days from work, I may still have a claim against GM for not using Nerf bumpers on the cars they manufacture. I want my $10 million dollars from the lawsuit lottery--after all no one pays except the big evil corporation (oh yeah, and all their customers and shareholders, but I'll conveniently forget about that).
ping
'I'm dying, I'm dead!', call my attorney Bernie, gimme 10 mill!
Some Golden Arches genius put a boiling cup of coffee in a paper bag with the cover not completely on. My mom was lucky that she was wearing sweat pants over her nurse aide uniform otherwise the second degree burn she got could have been worse. She still has the scar to this day. McDonald's is just lucky my mom isn't lawsuit happy and too busy working.
LOL--nerf bumpers!
When I drive in my car with coffee, I always check the lids to make sure they are securely fastened before I take off.
Seriously, is it too much to ask of the public that they have a brain before they participate in life without supervision?????
Paging Jackie Chiles....
She is obviously a liar. She is claiming THIRD degree burns?
Third Degree Burns are areas of flesh blackened by intense heat. Beyond the Second degree burns that involves blistering there is third Degree Burns that can only be caused by temperatures FAR in excess of 212 degrees.
Worst case DD coffee was at 180, and that number is really suspect. No was is this a third degree burn case. It is only a third degree case.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Let me be on the jury. Please.
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