I agree with you. Personal responsibility means something. The only idiot on this thread that thinks otherwise is completely unhinged.
He/she/it thinks a googled photo is all the evidence one needs.
I have a brother-in-law who reprimanded a neighbor's kid who was throwing rocks at his mailbox, almost hitting his car. The police came and handcuffed him. Why? Because the sorry parents of his neighbor's kid beat the kid to show whelps and showed that to the police. That is what a photo is worth, nothing. The idiot here is an idiot and is not worth the effort anymore to correct as he/she/it was not brought up with sane parents.
@IsailedawayfromFR Why don't you chill with the namecalling?
No one is talking about photos and not a soul on here dismisses personal responsibility. What
@RoosGirl said is that the facts of the case aren't what most think they are. Guess what, she was right. I wasn't familiar with them, either; I learned something. Here you are:
https://www.ttla.com/index.cfm?pg=McDonaldsCoffeeCaseFacts"....Despite these extensive injuries, she offered to settle with McDonald’s for $20,000. However, McDonald’s refused to settle. The jury awarded Liebeck $200,000 in compensatory damages -- reduced to $160,000 because the jury found her 20 percent at fault -- and $2.7 million in punitive damages for McDonald’s callous conduct. (To put this in perspective, McDonald's revenue from coffee sales alone is in excess of $1.3 million a day.) The trial judge reduced the punitive damages to $480,000. Subsequently, the parties entered a post-verdict settlement.
McDonald's admitted that it has known about the risk of serious burns from its scalding hot coffee for more than 10 years -- the risk was brought to its attention through numerous other claims and suits, to no avail;
From 1982 to 1992, McDonald's coffee burned more than 700 people, many receiving severe burns to the genital area, perineum, inner thighs, and buttocks;
Not only men and women, but also children and infants, have been burned by McDonald's scalding hot coffee, in some instances due to inadvertent spillage by McDonald's employees;
At least one woman had coffee dropped in her lap through the service window, causing third-degree burns to her inner thighs and other sensitive areas, which resulted in disability for years;
McDonald's admitted that it did not warn customers of the nature and extent of this risk and could offer no explanation as to why it did not;
McDonald's witnesses testified that it did not intend to turn down the heat -- As one witness put it: “No, there is no current plan to change the procedure that we're using in that regard right now;”
McDonald's admitted that its coffee is “not fit for consumption” when sold because it causes severe scalds if spilled or drunk;
Liebeck's treating physician testified that her injury was one of the worst scald burns he had ever seen."
