We all hear the stories of people who make millions of dollars off of "frivolous lawsuits". One of the most famous is the woman who sued McDonald's because her coffee was too hot. An HBO Documentary film that I recently saw explores the idea that major corporations spend a great deal of money on PR campaigns to get the media to make sure that we think that people are abusing the legal system and suing companies just because they are greedy. Once again, we have to accept the idea that we are not getting the full story. Corporations work hard to make sure we don't get the whole story and that average people do not feel free to stand up for themselves and hold companies accountable for their actions. The image I put here is a screen shot from the "Hot Coffee" documentary showing the burns on the thighs of the old woman who spilled the McDonald's coffee on her legs. She was initially seeking help with medical bills and did NOT get millions of dollars and it turns out McDonalds' coffee, at almost 190 degrees was in fact too damn hot and there were 700 other complaints and burn victims on record at the time of this woman's (Stella Liebeck) lawsuit. Check out the "Hot Coffee" documentary. It also explores three other civil cases where the regular citizen was made to seem frivolous or crazy when they sought retribution or "justice".
Whenever I see a documentary the first thing I always ask is 'what is the real agenda here' followed closely by 'who are the producers, directors and creators'. Documentaries are rarely an unbiased telling of a story and tend to want to promote one view over another.
ReplyDeleteRegardless of the temperature of the coffee spilt on "the old woman" the fact remains that reasonable people understand that coffee is hot just as boiling water is hot. Reasonable adults understand that the responsibility of their actions lies solely on themselves and not on other people or corporations or government to keep them safe.
When we abuse the legal system with frivolous lawsuits and stand by while Government enacts more and more regulations and laws for our own safety we create a nanny state where adults are no longer adults capable of making their own decisions and being held accountable for their own actions and responsibilities but instead are turned into dependent over aged children.
This nation was founded on liberty and liberty requires, amongst many things, self determination and personal responsibility to thrive, not a systematic replacement of those fundamental ideas with someone watching out for our every action.
I thought coffee was supposed to be served at/around 190 degrees...?
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Rion Moon: But resteraunts have regulations to not let coffee get that hot. If it's hot enough to melt her skin off and mutilate her genitalia, do you think maybe she spilled it on her lap because it was so hot that the container it was in burnt her hand and she dropped it on her lap? Regardless, they violated their regulations and McDonalds' coughed up much less than people commonly state. So yes, people do have to take responsibility for their actions, including violating regulations. I know this is old
ReplyDeleteRion Moon: But resteraunts have regulations to not let coffee get that hot. If it's hot enough to melt her skin off and mutilate her genitalia, do you think maybe she spilled it on her lap because it was so hot that the container it was in burnt her hand and she dropped it on her lap? Regardless, they violated their regulations and McDonalds' coughed up much less than people commonly state. So yes, people do have to take responsibility for their actions, including violating regulations. I know this is old
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