McDonaldâs is being sued over a hot coffee spill, again.
This time, a San Francisco location is being accused of serving a âscaldingâ cup of coffee with an improperly attached lid, which allegedly resulted in the coffee pouring out on plaintiff Mable Childressâ body and causing âsevere burnsâ after she tried drinking it.
The lawsuit, filed last week, alleged that the elderly woman is suffering from âphysical pains, emotional distress and other damages.â The restaurantâs negligence was a âsubstantial factorâ for her injuries, it alleged.
Childress also said in the lawsuit that the restaurant employees ârefusedâ to help her, a point that the McDonaldâs denied.
Iâm honestly surprised this doesnât happen more often than it does, considering how much coffee McDâs sells.
Theyâre supposed to serve it at a safe temperature, and they usually do.
tbh Iâm not sure how they managed to overclock their coffee maker. Did they just heat it up on the stove?
I donât think I understand how it can be hotter than 100 celcius.
Iâm not defending McDonaldâs 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 wouldnât 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 itâd have to be much more than that and very prolonged?
Itâs prolonged because the spill happened on clothing, so the boiling water is held on to the skin instead of just running off.