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MicroWave Sep 22, 2023

McDonald’s once again sued after customer burns herself on hot coffee

McDonald’s once again sued after customer burns herself on hot coffee - Lemmy.world

McDonald’s is being sued over a hot coffee spill, again. This time, a San Francisco location is being accused of serving a “scalding” cup of coffee with an improperly attached lid, which allegedly resulted in the coffee pouring out on plaintiff Mable Childress’ body and causing “severe burns” after she tried drinking it. The lawsuit, filed last week, alleged that the elderly woman is suffering from “physical pains, emotional distress and other damages.” The restaurant’s negligence was a “substantial factor” for her injuries, it alleged. Childress also said in the lawsuit that the restaurant employees “refused” to help her, a point that the McDonald’s denied.

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dethb0y Sep 22, 2023

I’m honestly surprised this doesn’t happen more often than it does, considering how much coffee McD’s sells.

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queermunist she/her Sep 22, 2023

They’re supposed to serve it at a safe temperature, and they usually do.

tbh I’m not sure how they managed to overclock their coffee maker. Did they just heat it up on the stove?

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Sirsnuffles Sep 23, 2023

I don’t think I understand how it can be hotter than 100 celcius.

I’m not defending McDonald’s here, they can rot.

Like, coffee is mostly water, and water boils at atmospheric pressure at 100c. Milk boils slightly more than 100. I guess the lid would pressurise the steam a little? Maybe the coffee grinds hold the heat far more than the water? I wouldn’t have thought it would be diluted too much to make a difference.

I guess this is a stupid question, because it happened. But how can boiling water cause third degree burns in the quantity of 500ml? I thought it’d have to be much more than that and very prolonged?

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Dozzi92 Sep 23, 2023

Half a liter of boiling water will absolutely do damage, especially if you’re restrained to a seat and can’t get away from it. The water that comes out of your tap at home is probably only in the 140s, max, and that’ll do some damage.

I’m also not certain anyone said the water was greater than 100c. I think the seminal case involved water that was 180-190 degrees F or something, and that it’s standard to be closer to 150 or so, which is essentially as hot as your tap gets at home.

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Sirsnuffles

OK cool.

It was me that said it can’t go above boiling, 100. I was just under the impression that it would burn of course, but third degree burns was surprising to me. Burning away the epidermis and nerves of the skins entirely seemed to me to require a much higher temperature.

Thanks.