Current Events > 80 year old woman sues SF McDonald's because of another Hot Coffee Incident.

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A San Francisco McDonalds is being sued after a scalding cup of coffee caused severe burns on an elderly womans groin, a lawsuit alleges.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court, claims McDonalds employees at 1100 Fillmore St. failed to properly secure the coffee cup lid, which then opened when the woman, Mable Childress, tried to take a sip. The lid fell off, the coffee poured out of the cup, and Childress suffered third-degree burns to her groin, legs and abdomen, the suit alleges.

Childress, who is in her 80s, is seeking millions in compensation for the June incident, according to her lawyer, Dylan Hackett. The amount she could receive is listed as unlimited in court filings.

The suit claims the burns were bad enough to leave Childress with emotional distress and scarring on her groin area, where she continues to experience pain.

The lawsuit further alleges that the employees at the Fillmore McDonalds refused to help Childress after she was burned and ignored her calls for help.

She was standing there for quite some time, around 20 to 25 minutes, asking for a manager, Hackett said.

McDonald's representatives disputed this claim, however, stating that their employees and management "spoke to her within a few minutes and offered assistance."

My restaurants have strict food safety protocols in place, including training crew to ensure lids on hot beverages are secure," McDonalds owner and operator Peter Ou said in a statement. "We take every customer complaint seriously."

So they didn't properly put the lid on. On behalf of all the times shitty fast food workers would do the same thing to me and shit would go spilling all over the place, I hope this woman gets every penny.

Some people would hope things keep spilling on you if you keep relying on shitty workers. Maybe it's time for a change to be made and you can't change others...

When is McDonald's gonna start learning the lesson that they shouldn't be serving food that can disfigure people?

So it's my fault that workers can't put a lid on?

Phrasing

They'll keep fucking people up with coffee until several CEOs watch their personal possessions being taken away by the repo men from the back of the police van, as they wait to be taken away for 10-20 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWa0dZMHYeE

What is this? I wanna watch it.

Kinda wild how this one seems so similar to the first case that happened in 94. McDonald's also just recently found itself in trouble because a kid was burned with chicken nuggies. When is McDonald's gonna start learning the lesson that they shouldn't be serving food that can disfigure people?

McDonalds had long ignored safety regulations, preferring to pay fines to the FDA instead of change how they do business. The FDA was limited in how much they could fine McDonalds, so there was no real way to punish them.

The FDA had been itching for a lawsuit to be brought forth against McDonalds so that they could properly punish them for thumbing their nose at regulation standards. However McDonald's usually paid off its victims before it goes to trial, like the one where a toddler got third degree burns to her face after too hot coffee was spilled on her.

The FDA sort of lucked out with the elderly woman's lawsuit and got the court to punish the corporation through her. However, McDonalds successfully pleaded the reward down to peanuts and buried the plaintiff's reputation in the press. Then they went back to business as usual.

It's your fault for doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That's the definition of crazy. You're crazy.

This is a brand new conspiracy theory that I've never heard before.

there's a lot of people here focusing on the "not securing the lid" problem as opposed to the "coffee served hot enough to cause third degree burns across a wide area"

if there is a how hot is too hot guideline then sure.

Okay but like is there a legal temperature a coffee is supposed to be? Like a guideline? if there is a how hot is too hot guideline then sure.

the top being faulty means much more to be, honestly

The coffee is probably so hot that it's melting the lid of the coffee until it conforms to the rim of the cup and is longer capable of being taken off effortlessly. Since the lid now needs extra force to pry off then people grip the cup more and lift the lid harder, which causes the coffee to unexpectedly fly out of the cup and splash on the person which causes burns. So whatever temp the coffee is being served at that's so hot it's causing that process is probably the temp that it's too dangerous to serve it at.

Maybe Idk, i haven't really looked into it.

She was standing there for quite some time, around 20 to 25 minutes, asking for a manager, Hackett said.

It's all fun and games until your labia literally fuses with your thigh.

Did you put the top on or did they put the top on? And you didnt make the top, did you?

So they didn't properly put the lid on. On behalf of all the times shitty fast food workers would do the same thing to me and shit would go spilling all over the place, I hope this woman gets every penny.

This would shut down the coffee industry.

This is a brand new conspiracy theory that I've never heard before.