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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 05:46:21 +0100
From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Warning about sticking ignition switches in some models


Craig wrote: > > In article <3D87F386.251DD453nopsamanytime.co.uk>, johsnopsamanytime.co.uk > says... > <SNIP> > > > > Perhaps I should have sued the coffee company :)). The story about the old lady > > and McDonalds is one of the most quoted lawsuits, it has gone around the world > > and the internet a few times, but it turns out to be a brilliant fiction, along > > with many other incredible cases: http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.htm > > Actually if you read the entire article on SNOPES, you will find that > the MCDonalds Coffee Lawsuit was a real one. > > "It can also be argued that the need for tort reform is overblown. Only > rarely do ridiculous lawsuits result in windfalls for the plaintiff; > these cases are almost always either thrown out or the judgement goes > for the defendant. Some celebrated "outrageous" suits wherein judgement > went for the plaintiff prove upon closer examination to be far less > "outrageous" than originally presented in the media. (For example, the > "woman scalded by hot coffee" suit, which at first blush looked like the > height of frivolity proved to be a perfectly legitimate action taken > against a corporation that knew, thanks to a string of similar scaldings > it had quietly been paying off, that its coffee was not just hot, but > dangerously hot. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America provides an > excellent description of this case). > http://www.atlanet.org/cjfacts/other/mcdonald.ht Yep, I also noticed that. And posted a reply to Bob with the very same URL. but perhaps it didn't end up on your server.

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