Mar 14, 2005

Rethinking Coffee Lawsuits

I've always had a negative opinion of the lady who sued McD for burning herself with their hot coffee.

After reading this to-the-point and well thought out post on Slashdot (yes, they exist,) I may have to change my views...

Re:Caveat (Score:4, Informative) by cat_jesus (525334) on Monday March 14, @04:36PM (#11936934)
The other problem with the McDonald's case is the coffee was hot enough to cause third degree burns. It is illegal to sell food in a restaurant that is inedible or dangerous. The lady in question knew she did a dumb thing but she suffered third degree burns on her inner thighs which required skin grafts. She could not afford to pay her medical bills(she was very old and on a fixed income) and asked McDonald's to pay. She was not seeking any compensation past her own medical bills. When the jury found out that McDonald's knew their coffee was too hot, knew people were getting injured and figured the number of people getting third degree burns was acceptable, they stuck it to McDonald's.

If anything, this was a case that demonstrated why we need to be able to sue the shit out of a company when it deliberately harms people.

The devil is in the details.

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Sneak Peek at Incredibles DVD Extras


Original Concept Art
Pixar are no slouches when it comes to packing their DVD's with extras and from the early reviews, The Incredibles isn't going to be an exception to that rule.

Check out Yahoo's sneak peek at some of the included extras.

 . "DVD Extra: Storyboard To Life"  -- Director Brad Bird and Director of Photography Andrew Jimenez explain the importance of storyboards in the making of a movie.
 . "DVD Extra: Edna"  -- Director Brad Bird examines the transformation that the character Edna experienced in the drawing room.
 . "DVD Extra: Building Humans"  -- Character Supervisor Bill Wise, Producer John Walker, and Technical Director Rick Sayne discuss the difficult task of creating human characters.
 . "DVD Extra: Boundin'"  -- Academy Award nominated short film from Pixar about a dancing lamb.
 . "DVD Extra: Incredi-Blunders" -- Bad hair and several other animated character mishaps.
 . "DVD Extra: The Making Of The Incredibles"  -- Director Brad Bird recalls his first day on the job.
 . "DVD Extra: E-Volution"  -- Character Designers Teddy Newton and Tony Fucile discuss Director Brad Bird's interpretation of the character Edna.

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