Coffee is made and kept at scalding temperatures. If one spills it on oneself, one will be scalded. If one behaves idiotically, causes that spillage, scalding oneself, that one, and no one else, is responsible for the consequences of that idiocy.
Only idiots care about "how scalding" when assigning fault.
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Obviously someone has no familiarity with common law, especially the concept of implied warranty and of the reasonable person.
There is nothing "idiotic" about putting cream in your coffee, there is nothing idiotic about a spill, there is something idiotic about marketing products you know are dangerous (again McDonalds admitted this in open court, in front of God and everyone) and then dismissing the medical bills. it was not "scalding" scalding is when steam causes burns, this was a liquid burn, a burn literally that melted skin off of this old lady. if mcdonalds served you a cup of coffee that literally melted your teeth out of your gums would you consider yourself in "idiot"? the product must be safe for its intended range of uses...... it's implied when you purchase a food product that it's safe for consumption, and at that temperature it most assuredly not safe for that. mcdonalds admitted this.
when a product has unreasonable risks above what are acceptable, like 195 degree coffee, then the company serving it has an obligation, in both common and statutory law, to insure the purchaser is aware of those risks and take reasonable steps to mitigate those risks. if this is too hard for you to understand then you are the idiot here. and here's a life lesson, if you look at a story like this and think "wow, the plaintiff, the judge, the lawyers, and 12 people like myself are all the idiots here" if that's the thought process you need to justify you opinion, you may not be holding a reasonable view of things....