erin andrews hits the jackpot

[AztecDave]

how fucking ridiculous. the fake blond with the fake tits gets $55 million because some loser creep video taped her ass thru a peephole? shit, I'd let them do that & take 1% of what she got. her crocodile tears about how her life was ruined were a good show. how was her life ruined? still had her overpaid job at espn & nobody remembered her "snatch shot of the week" cause that shit's everywhere.

on a more serious note, this is exactly what americans dream of. which is why they awards these absurd amounts as jury members. some bullshit thing happening to them & then suing for outrageous damages hoping to win the jackpot. the fucking courts are out of control. all started back when granny spilled nuclear hot mcdonalds coffee on her cooter & got rich. like nobody knew fast food coffee was hotter than hell, and just as shitty. wonder if Andrews will keep her espn gig now that she's won the wheel of fortune. probably not.

now, if I can only figure how to get my slice of that pie.

[gnaruki]

End result of this suit will be less safe hotels. Hotels will probably delete their surveillance footage and internal telephone records after 24 hours. Doubt there is anything illegal about such an internal policy. That will keep the hotel operators safe from worthless suits like this and keep criminals safe from law enforcement pursuit.

That McDonalds v. coffee burn lady ended up settling out of court for like $500k if I remember correctly. The media frenzy really stirred up a lot of misinformation and provoked copy cat attempts.

[friendlyskies]

That McDonalds v. coffee burn lady ended up settling out of court for like $500k if I remember correctly. The media frenzy really stirred up a lot of misinformation and provoked copy cat attempts.

It was $640,000, according to Wikipedia, and she deserved it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v ... estaurants

I know it's old news, but that was the McDonalds right by my house so I followed the case. The manager and owner were complete dicks and that's why she got the settlement. The coffee maker was deliberately set too high, she got third-degree burns all over her, and between medical bills and lost wages, she and her daughter were out maybe $25,000. She asked for $10,000 to help cover the bills, and McDonalds offered them $800. No typo.



The rest, as they say, is history. And in that little Wikipedia article.

[gnaruki]

Sounds about right. She probably would have taken Ronald Mcdonald and Grimace the franshisee owner to the poor house if she would have followed through with an appeal.

If I remember correctly her only initial damage claim was for medical expenses and hamburgler was all like "rubble! rubble! Heres some McBucks now go away".

Later during a heated board meeting mayor mccheese decided to pay off the victim before the damage claims piled up. I'd really love a reenactment of this case using happy meal toys as puppets......

[Douchebag]

I never heard of Erin Andrews before this and I'm a Fox News devotee.

[Q]

Lol...Women.

[Bronco]

I have to disagree that the woman deserved any money at all from McDonalds.
If I had bought a coffee from the drive-thru, then removed it from the fitted cardboard serving tray they provided, then put the coffee between my knees and pried off the top, and my knees squeezed and caused the coffee to slosh out of the cup and onto any part of my body most people would have simply said "What an absolutely stupid thing to do!" I don't believe that people should be rewarded for doing stupid things, especially to themselves. I could see where McDonald's might have politely covered the cost of dry cleaning, but why should they be held responsible for some woman's stupidity?

The idea that it's OK to sue a company because they have lots of money is bogus. That also goes for the case where Science says that vaccinations are safe and aren't related to cases of autism but a lawyer convinced the jury that a vaccine caused some kid to be autistic and the company should pay because they have lots of money and the mother is poor. That is bogus. Science is based on facts, those lawyers won their cases on the emotional response of the jury, not based on scientific fact. Lawyers should not be the ones who decide what is correct or good science.

The idea that science is flexible and you can make anything into a fact if you simply believe it hard enough has had a huge negative impact on this country. now, we have schools that teach that Science is just opinion and no more factual than religion.

[MJK]

You really that sure about the 'science' involved in declaring vaccines blameless?

Let's examine the 'science' behind declaring another controversial product, aspartame safe. It failed repeatedly to pass a 5 member board who like their EU counterparts understood it to be a known carcinogen. The head of the FDA changed the format to allow another opinion, broke the tie himself, left office in a scandal and was rewarded with a job with Monsanto/Searle. And lookee who was instrumental in making the science fit:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robbie-ge ... 05581.html

I have two friends who are parents to autistic children. Both swear to God that their kids were fine until THE DAY they were vaccinated. Then a high fever occurred and now they have severely autistic children with a myriad of health issues. I have also seen studies that indicate that autism is virtually unknown in non vaccinating populations like the Amish and in SA. I am currently too busy trying to figure out whether we went to the moon or not and if the Queen of England is a lizard to really drill down on autism but remember that pronouncements that saturated fats were bad/unsaturated fats good was accepted 'science' at one point and that POV might become 'scientifically' fashionable again. Hell, fluoride used to be a rat poison and the government used to warn against omega3 fatty acids. Then both became industrial byproducts in need of a use.

For every lawyer/client suing big Pharma 200 more are toiling away so that you can buy insomnia meds that may cause you to rob a liquor store or meds to kill diabetic nerve pain that destroy your liver. Is it really that far of a cab ride from there to the point where you just might buy into the fact that vaccines containing the known poison mercury can hurt kids?

90% of all research declaring something safe is paid for/conducted by the folks that make/sell it.

[The Turd Polisher]

.....The idea that it's OK to sue a company because they have lots of money is bogus......

it used to be lawyers, guns, and money.......now we have women, coffee, and lawsuits

Chicago woman sues Starbucks for $5 million over amount of ice in cold drinks
May 2, 2016
A Chicago woman is suing Starbucks for more than $5 million for allegedly underfilling its iced coffee, tea and blended drinks.
Plaintiff Stacy Pincus argues in the lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in Chicago, that the amount of ice Starbucks uses in its drinks means customers get less of the actual beverage.
Starbucks' cold drink cups have three black lines on the outside that are intended to be fill lines for the beverage, and baristas typically fill the rest of the cup with ice. The lawsuit states that liquid filled to the top black line on a Venti cup typically only gives a customer 14 ounces of beverage, even though the stated ounce total on the menu is 24.
The lawsuit also takes issue with the fact that iced drinks cost more, even though they have less total liquid.
In a statement, Starbucks said it believes the plaintiff's claims are "without merit."
"Our customers understand and expect that ice is an essential component of any 'iced' beverage. If a customer is not satisfied with their beverage preparation, we will gladly remake it," spokesman Reggie Borges said. The lawsuit seeks class-action status.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ ... story.html

[ROB]

MJK is an anti-vaxer.

How surprising.

[snaark]

90% of all research declaring something safe is paid for/conducted by the folks that make/sell it.

That's right! Companies shouldn't do any research to ensure that their products are safe!

[ROB]

That's right! Companies shouldn't do any research to ensure that their products are safe!

That wuld be soshulisum.

[friendlyskies]

I have to disagree that the woman deserved any money at all from McDonalds.
If I had bought a coffee from the drive-thru, then removed it from the fitted cardboard serving tray they provided, then put the coffee between my knees and pried off the top, and my knees squeezed and caused the coffee to slosh out of the cup and onto any part of my body most people would have simply said "What an absolutely stupid thing to do!" I don't believe that people should be rewarded for doing stupid things, especially to themselves. I could see where McDonald's might have politely covered the cost of dry cleaning, but why should they be held responsible for some woman's stupidity?

Dude. Read up on that case. I'm against frivolous lawsuits, but that wasn't frivolous. That McDonalds had deliberately made the coffee hotter than was recommended by company policy. Policy was informed by OSHA safety standards, but the ABQ manager thought he was smarter, and the coffee should be hotter. He disobeyed safety rules. Shortly after he made that lousy decision - it was going to happen to someone, thank goodness it didn't spill all over some baby's face - that lady got burned all to hell. This wasn't normal hot coffee. It was scalding hot, and it scalded her. This isn't some socialist paradise where it's just pain and suffering - that sort of injury costs MONEY. And they made matters worse when they tried to weasel out of a small lawsuit, $10,000 that she'd actually spent on actual injuries. If they'd offered her $5000, she would have gone away. But they didn't and she lawyered up.

The moral of this story? Take some fucking responsibility if you make the bad decision to break a good rule, causing someone to get hurt and go broke. People are stupid, shit happens. Just try to make it right instead of offering the victim $800 lousy dollars.

[ROB]

Dude. Read up on that case.

I remember being pretty surprised when I read about it. I was ready to hate the woman too, but I was convinced that McDs deserved to be screwed for their behaviour in that one after reading about what actually happened.

[AztecDave]

Now some other bitchfolks want $5 million from Starbucks 'cause they put too much ice into their iced drink. They should die in an alley sucking AIDS cock.

http://www.vox.com/2016/5/2/11564946/st ... nk-lawsuit