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Yes, let's stop selling knives while we're at it.
by abandonliberty 9y ago
Yes, let's stop selling knives while we're at it.
- chris_wot 9y agoNo, not the same at all. Selling knives comes with the knowledge there is a certain amount of known danger - selling hot coffee at the temperature McDonalds served back then wasn't generally known it could cause such burns by the general public. The case was remarkable in part because McDonalds knew that a certain percentage of customers would be severely injured, they worked out the percentages and assumed it would be ok. McDonalds in fact at the time required coffee to be served at 188-90 degrees F (88 degrees C), which will scald in 3-5 seconds; most coffee shops serve it at 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) which increases burn time to 20 seconds. In fact, the attorneys found that McDonalds knew about this problem already and over 500 people had been scalded already; they had paid out $500,000 in the year of the case alone.