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Duwt t1_ix3v4ja wrote

Reply to comment by almost_queen in The Last One Comes with a Shoulder Harness-Great! by Ianmartin573

McDonalds has spent a lot of money to convince you that those warning labels are for the “stupid and clumsy”, and not because they burned a grandmother’s skin off.

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GhostalkerS t1_ix3x5if wrote

Additionally hot coffee at Starbucks for instance is served plenty hot at 150 to 170 degrees. McDonald’s was serving coffee at 190 degrees (some sources say as hot as 205), which could cause third degree burns in as little as three seconds. This was going on for at least a decade prior with numerous complaints. Imagine any given day a three second mistake as mundane as spilling your coffee could require a skin graft.

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iDuddits_ t1_ix4fjy3 wrote

yeah I drink my coffee black. I'd have to wait 20 minutes with the lid open before I could start drinking

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takecaretakecare t1_ix458zo wrote

I’ve met that woman. She definitely deserved compensation, the injuries are rough. Also worth it to note the judge was hyper annoyed that this was like the fifteenth McDonald’s coffee injury that had been through the courts that year, so he hit them where it hurt. She did not request that level of compensation.

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almost_queen t1_ix3xpj5 wrote

No, I get that, and I know that woman had a REAL claim against them. Her injuries were horrific. You know what I meant.

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username_unnamed t1_ix3ykwz wrote

I don't believe they do. Mcdonalds tried defending themselves when they were forced to put warnings on their cups because they keep coffee extraordinarily hot to serve longer. That's a reasonable call for a warning label than assuming it's just a little hot.

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free_my_ninja t1_ix7mjok wrote

And now every coffee cup from McDonald’s to Starbucks has a warning label whether it’s 150 or 200 degrees.

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