How Low Will The Lawyers Go?

[Roanon]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Similarly, the coffee in that case can be best described as way too hot. Coffee should not cause third-degree burns..

Coffee should be made with hot water. The hotter, the better. Boil, then brew. So coffee can never be too hot, because hotter than boiling is steam, not coffee. If everyone only gets lukewarm coffee now because nobody wants to be sued when some idiot cannot handle it with care, you get what you deserve. Thats how I would solve the issue as shop owner. Anything else would be a too high risk - because taking the utmost possible stupidity as what I have to care for as vendor, I would otherwise risk that someone sues me next time when he slices the cup open with a knife and burns himself.

I do not agree with the lid issue. Who really expects that the lid of a cheap pLastic pot is 100% safe and tight, regardless of how rough it is handled? It is something to avoid spillage when transported, not something to enable people to drink while the cup is upside down. I think, a minimum of care when handling hot beverages should be expected - and handling hot coffee while driving is not what courts should encourage.