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Re: The McDonald's incident



Interleaved:

Hugh Haskell wrote:

Stuart Leinoff wrote:

If she was jostled by someone, then, perhaps that person bears some
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take-out customers that the coffee was cool by the
time they reached the office to drink it.

Who said she stored the cup between her legs?

Reminds me of the Mark Twain test.

That is a very unusual
thing for a woman to do, because they wear skirts at least part of
the time, which makes such things rather difficult, so the seldom get
into hat habit, that men have. And why would she have had to have
done that in order to burn herself in the groin. I have spilled
coffee on that part of my anatomy (fortunately, not with her results)
when my cup was up by my chest. It's not where the coffee starts
from, it's where it ends up. If the slip or jostle or hit that causes
the spill launches the coffee on the right trajectory, it will end up
in your lap.


Even if McD was deemed to be at fault, to what degree are they
liable? I would
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So please don't throw out the baby with the bath water. We may have
to tweak the system a bit to keep attorney's fees from getting
outrageous--I have heard rumors of attorney's fees of 50-60% of the

may be, if so I'm sure the plaintiffs signed such a contract.

My experience: I signed for a standard (then) 1/3 fee. Half way through the case my attorney stopped keeping expense records because they'd exceed any hope of recovery. He ended up collecting
about $7k on an attempt to recover my ~ $57K loss. The $14K I got was nice. I certainly don't begrudge attorney contingency fees.

An interesting read. "A Civil Action." The Woburn toxic legacy -- The lead attorney for a time during the years he spent attempting to recover compensation for the victims of grace's water pollution
had to sleep in his office because his home was repossessed!



settlement, and I think that is wrong. But even if the contingency
fee system gives rise to some frivolous suits, and I'm sure it does,
it is too valuable to get rid of, because it is the only way people
of modest means or less have access to the courts. And they are the
ones who need it more than anyone else.

Hear hear!



Hugh

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