Big Blue assuages customers about SCO (News.com)

Big Blue assuages customers about SCO (News.com)

Posted Jul 29, 2003 13:06 UTC (Tue) by Wol (guest, #4433)
In reply to: Big Blue assuages customers about SCO (News.com) by dbhost
Parent article: Big Blue assuages customers about SCO (News.com)

Dunno about Clinton - but I've seen various rants that that whole investigation was a Republican witch hunt - certainly Starr appeared to be on a fishing trip ... which I think is illegal under UK law!

As for the lady and the coffee - you need to check the facts. Coffee may be supposed to be hot, but it should NOT be capable of inflicting life-threatening burns! This coffee was served, IN AN INSULATED CONTAINER, at about 15C above the recommended maximum SAFE temperature. McD's deserved to have a massive damages award against them and, I believe, the jury was swayed into awarding these damages as a result of hearing that they had settled many similar cases out of court. They were outraged that McD's could knowingly choose to serve dangerous coffee!

And in the final settlement, I gather the lady ended up out of pocket, as they settled out of court for a sum that was apparently close too but less than her medical expenses.

Cheers,
Wol

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