Vox Humana wrote:

> But it could have spilled inside, at a table, with the same consequences.

I suppose that it could have spilled inside, but I doubt that she would have
received a serious injury in a delicate spot of her body. Holding it between
her legs presented the possibility of the contents dumping right into her
crotch. Unfortunately, that is what happened.

> Does that make it OK to serve dangerously hot coffee? I guess that you are
> focused on the fact that she did something unconventional, and I am focused
> on the fact that the coffee was dangerously hot.

ALL hot coffee is dangerously hot. It's hot. It can scald / burn. People
ordering coffee know it's hot. We get our coffee and we test it for heat before
we gulp it down. It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that coffee is hot. The
degree of heat varies.

I suppose that she could have done the same thing with a large cola with lots
of ice, spill it in her lap and sit there with the ice in her crotch until she
got frost bite. Then we would be saying that not only should she not have held
it between her legs but that she should have been faster cleaning it up. But
alas, that would involve common sense.

If there is anyone at fault in this case I would suggest that it was the
defense lawyers who failed to dispute the temperature reading at other
outlets. I know how hot the coffee is in my coffee maker, and it's about the
same as I get at Tim Hortons and other coffee shops. If I was served 140 F
coffee in a restaurant I would like to be calling the waitress back for hot
coffee.