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[Joe Komenda <komejo AT komejo.com>]

You are incorrect regarding the McDonald's lawsuit. From snopes.com:

'...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."

Note: descriptions of the woman's burns are quite graphic.
http://tinyurl.com/58ul

Sorry, that one is a pet peeve.
Joe K
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Alan MacHett wrote:

> the good ol' U. S. of A.
>
> only in Amerika can you spill hot coffee on your crotch and win $3M in a
> lawsuit.