From: Fritz Wuehler References: <7699542da7f01f1304183cf9c297a669@dizum.com> <220320171717148631%nospam@nospam.invalid> Subject: Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Message-ID: <4c2fc75ece800312c0b776d712fedee3@msgid.frell.theremailer.net> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:44:31 +0000 Newsgroups: alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.cellular-phone-tech Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.albasani.net!news.mixmin.net!sewer!news.dizum.net!not-for-mail Organization: dizum.com - The Internet Problem Provider X-Abuse: abuse@dizum.com Injection-Info: sewer.dizum.com - 194.109.206.211 Xref: csiph.com alt.privacy.anon-server:58085 comp.os.linux.advocacy:403210 comp.sys.mac.system:102930 alt.comp.os.windows-10:37282 alt.cellular-phone-tech:120 In article PAS wrote: > > On 3/23/2017 10:06 AM, PAS wrote: > > On 3/22/2017 5:17 PM, nospam wrote: > >> In article , Silver-Tongued Heel > >> wrote: > >> > >>>> I guess this goes along with the lady that burned herself with > >>>> McDonald's hot coffee and won a suit that they should have warned her. > >>>> > >>>> And they walk among us? > >>> The reason the woman was burned, if I recall correctly, is because the > >>> coffee's temperature was too hot (obviously) and because the shitty car > >>> she was in had no cup holder. In the end, if McDonald's can be sued for > >>> the coffee being too hot then the car manufacturer should also have > >>> been > >>> sued for not providing a place for the old bag to put her drink. > >> you don't recall correctly, or at all, actually. > >> > >> mcdonald's knowingly served coffee that was far too hot for human > >> consumption, which they knew could cause serious burns, which had > >> burned over 700 other people and they had *no* interest in changing > >> anything. > > > > Of course, the woman who put the cup between her legs and drove away > > with it still between her legs bears no responsibility at all. > > > > To clarify: she was not driving the car, she was a passenger. The > driver drove off while she held the cup of coffee between her legs. Why did the driver get off the hook? That was reckless endangerment. The driver caused the burns by taking off in an unsafe manner.