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Parents sue Disney over hot nachos
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Good, good job Disney. Too many times big companies decide, "well, it's easier to just give them a settlement out of court than pay for a lawyer to defend ourselves." Either the plaintiff's were being sooooo greedy that made it worth it to fight, or somebody in disney said, "f that shit, we'll pay 3x as much to make sure you bastards don't get a dime".
The story doesn't even mention that the kid had to go to a clinic or a hospital, so what the hell are the suing for, pain and suffering? He's four, use this as a teaching moment. Or, alternatively, sue the shit out of everybody that makes your kid fall off a swing, scuff his knee, twist his ankle etc.
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DEFINITELY check out the faces of meth, linked in the article. It shows before and after mug shots of meth heads. Some people go from normal to cranked. Other people look like they're already on meth in the before picture, and the after picture is an absolute shit show.
The story doesn't even mention that the kid had to go to a clinic or a hospital, so what the hell are the suing for, pain and suffering? He's four, use this as a teaching moment. Or, alternatively, sue the shit out of everybody that makes your kid fall off a swing, scuff his knee, twist his ankle etc.
EDIT:
DEFINITELY check out the faces of meth, linked in the article. It shows before and after mug shots of meth heads. Some people go from normal to cranked. Other people look like they're already on meth in the before picture, and the after picture is an absolute shit show.
I would have to reserve judgement on this until I see the extent of the childs "possible permanent scarring" on their upper lip. virtually everyone I know has a small scar on their face, heck, I have one on my upper lip from measles. If the scar is to a similar extent as a cleft palate then sue, the cheese was obviously too hot, if its just a regular scar then there is not need to sue, the kid won't remember or care about it, and unless his dream is to be an upper lip model when he grows up it won't affect him in any way.
A buddy of mine who has finished law school did study that case. I expected his opinion on it to be that it's total bullshit (as it looks on paper) but apparently there is more to it than it seems.mjc0961 said:
Firstly, the lady suffered 3rd degree burns and required surgery. I have picked up a propane lantern just after it was turned off (didn't know it was on) and received 2nd degree burns. I have a hard time imagining a cup of coffee being that hot. The lawsuit was more about the fact that the pot of coffee was left less than 1/4th empty and left to boil all day long, i.e. McDonalds taking advantage of their customers by serving over-boiled coffee instead of brewing fresh pots while calling it fresh brewed coffee, and for serving coffee at those temperatures in cups that can't handle it.
Suddenly it doesn't sound quite so unreasonable (still stupid, yes)...but what is more of an attention grabbing headline: "Woman sues McDonalds for spilled coffee", or "McDonalds faces lawsuit for deceptive business practices that potentially caused injury"?
Same with this story here. We have "Parents sue Disney over hot nachos" vs. "Broken chair at Disney theme park causes childs injury".
This does not mean I believe the amounts these people sue for are warranted, or that I would ever bother to sue over something like this myself, but not everything is as ludicrous as the headlines make it sound.
Though there are clear-cut cases of stupid, like the woman who tried to sue Google because Google Maps lead her onto a freeway where she was hit by a car.
linkvegeta said:
Ok, just kidding, I'm sure people in other countries sue as well (not as much as Yanks though).
The story is just sad. I probably will cry myself to sleep thinking how irresponsible people can be. I'm guessing they would sue the Sun itself if their offspring got a sunburn then? Those infared rays are way too dangerous to be around children!
You know what? If I was in charge I wouldn't give them the money but I would pay for the child to go to hospital, then we no they're not sueing for personal gain and a new TV
This sounds like that person who sued McDonalds because their coffee was hot and it hurt a whole lot when it spilled...Its hot coffee...It does that....
Swede-jokes aren't exactly considered the pinaccle of humor, but there are some decent ones.WanderingFool said:
Do you know why the backs of all Swedes' heads are so flat?
It's because the lid keeps falling down while they're drinking water.
There once was a Norwegian who had to undergo brain surgery. Sadly, there was a mishap, so half his brain was removed. After the surgery, the doctors confronted him about it:
"We seem to have accidentally removed half your brain. If you want to, we can perform surgery to try to reconstruct some of it, but you will never recover completely. Do you want to have the surgery?"
[In Swedish] Nah, I think it's fine like this. [/Swedish]
People who sue other people are dicks. Unless it's for enough money to get things back to they way they were (and the company wasn't already going to do that) then all you're doing is wrecking the company and hurting all the upcoming customers.
I was telling my parents about how our university is so lazy that it doesn't shovel the sidewalks or parking lots, and it doesn't even de-ice them or put gravel on it so you don't slip. My parents told me I should slip and sue the school, but what would that accomplish? If I magically got $100,000 out of it or something, yeah I'd be better off, but they'd have to raise tuition and that would screw EVERY OTHER STUDENT at the university.
I was telling my parents about how our university is so lazy that it doesn't shovel the sidewalks or parking lots, and it doesn't even de-ice them or put gravel on it so you don't slip. My parents told me I should slip and sue the school, but what would that accomplish? If I magically got $100,000 out of it or something, yeah I'd be better off, but they'd have to raise tuition and that would screw EVERY OTHER STUDENT at the university.
People, please read the article. The chair broke, and the nacho's fell on him. This isn't a case of him eating them and burning himself, or his parent's negligence, its because of Disney's shitty chairs and what sounds like dangerously hot food products.
Its amazing how many people don't know what actually happened with that story. Fucking media.
Also what he said.Exterminas said:
The women sued McDonalds over the coffee because the coffee was so hot that it gave her burns that required surgery.PureChaos said:
Its amazing how many people don't know what actually happened with that story. Fucking media.
I can really see how the parents' complete disavowal of all their parental responsibilty and that of their child will really help the young fella learn to take accounatbility for his actions in the future.
That case is grossly misrepresented [http://www.stellaawards.com/stella.html] by the rumours.mjc0961 said:
To be honest, if regular working shlubs can find a way to stick it to those invincible, faceless megacorporations like Disney, more power to them I say. No reason they deserve a massive commercial empire with mountains of money while we struggle in the dust. Even if it's motivated by greed.