Mr. Fancy Pants

Mr. Fancy Pants is a first-cut of a longer more in-depth short film that looks into the realities of the American Civil Justice System and "Tort Reform." The project, that will ultimately become a series of films, is being produced by InjuryBoard.com.

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[schreyermike]

I do not agree that any efforts to overcome the public image of that case will bear any fruit whatsoever. It is urban legend. It will not die a natural death.

[nick40]

@schreyermike we're very familiar with John Edwards' strategy with his juries and David Ball's ideas about the McDonald's case. And for the most part we agree, when it comes to trial tactics.

But in terms of public dialogue, completely ignoring the case or lying about the facts can't really be the answer.

[schreyermike]

The argument about McDonald's is a waste of time. You aren't going to undue the myth that McDonand's got ripped off. So be smart. Say of course that case was a scam by one lawyer and your cases aren't that kind. Explain to your next jury that unlike the McDonald's hot coffee case, your client was very seriously injured.

[jfur76]

Actually, you missed the point. Coffee is not dangerous enough to cause these kind of injuries. If it is, then the person who made the coffee did something wrong.

Your statement that "any coffee when you get it will severely burn you" is false. Period. You're entitled to your own opinion, but not your own reality.

[laallaal75]

Wow it appears you missed my point, coffee is dangerous, though not as dangerous as a blowtorch people can expect it to be steaming hot, like people expect blowtorches to be extremely hot, and steaming hot liquid is dangerous, maybe you haven't caught on to that little fact of life yet.

[jfur76]

The problem with you analysis is that coffee is FOOD. It is not an inherently dangerous product like a blowtorch, nor is it reasonable for a consumer to expect that the product would have that danger. Some food can be dangerous, like the danger of biting into a pearl when you eat a clam. Consumers know there might be a pearl in a clam, so it's up to the consumer to be careful. Consumers don't have to expect that there is a blowtorch-equivalent in their coffee.

McD needs to be responsible.

[laallaal75]

They made it that temperature so it would stay hot longer, and as i said before regardless of excatly how scolding hot the coffee was(any coffee when you get it will severely burn you) it is common sense to be careful. Thats like suing a blowtorch company when your hand slipped and burned yourself, those products can be dangerous and you know it, and if you buy it you know to be careful. Thats like suing someone for giving you a soup which you spilled on yourself, its ridiculous.

[jfur76]

And McDonalds knew their coffee was not just hot, but TOO hot. So hot to cause serious injuries requiring skin grafts. That's not normal coffee hot, that's negligently hot. Others were injured before, and they refused to change.

Are you seriously suggesting that someone who handed you a "beverage" that was hot enough to burn the skin off of your genitals shouldn't be liable?

When do you suggest that McD's should take responsibility for its own actions?

[laallaal75]

The whole idea of McDonald's being at fault for idiots hurting themselves drinking coffee, coffee is hot, this is a known fact, wether you put a retarded warning on the cup or not, its steaming hot coffee we all know that, and anyone with half a brain knows to be careful, sing the company that makes your coffe hot because you spilled it on yourself, is pathetic.

[jfur76]

In the McDonald's case, they knew their coffee had caused injuries and refused to change the temperature settings in their stores. Then, this woman is burned, suffers severe injury to her groin and is hospitalized for seven days.  McD's refused to settle for less.

McDonalds was negligent and got what it deserved.

So-called ambulance chasers are the most ethical lawyers out there. It's the big business lawyers who file the frivolous lawsuits... tort reform will do nothing to curb that.