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Author:   Matt Deatherage  
Posted: 5/29/02; 6:48:31 PM
Topic: Story: The "hot coffee lawsuit" myth
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Story: The "hot coffee lawsuit" myth

A MetaFilter thread on whether liability lawsuits are frivolous brought up the spectre of people who sue because they asked for hot coffee and got hot coffee, getting millions from innocent companies. I had heard that wasn't riht, so I looked it up -- and it wasn't right. The famous lawsuit involved a woman who had to undergo skin grafts because McDonald's served coffee it knew was injuring people. Details inside.
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