Dan Abel wrote:
> In article >, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
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>>Vox Humana wrote:
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>>>If the coffee was served at a normal 140F temperature, she wouldn't have
>>>received 3rd degree burns.
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>>Where did we get this normal 140F for coffee? Coffee comes out of my cheap
>>little Cusinart coffee maker at about 176F and the little burner plate
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> keeps it
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>>close to that.
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> http://pages.prodigy.net/gaglenn/law...fee/truth.html
>


I've seen this too, but I believe the plaintiff's lawyer just made up
the 140° part -- and McDonald's lawyer was too stupid to challenge it.

Best regards,
Bob