Man poor you. Americans do sue to much, and ussually ridiculus stuff. Like what you said. One company that makes rocket launchers, uhh wrote something Like "Don't Aim at Face when firing." Man I wish Americans weren't so illtempered all the times. I spilled coffe on my lap"OMG I'll sue mCDonalds. Hell Lady you dumbass didn't you expect your coffee to be hot?ISn't that what you ordered?
This is actually a common misconception because of the way McDonalds spun the story.... She was totally right to sue over that.
It's not that someone spilled coffee and burned themselves, it's that the McDonalds employee took a cup of coffee, microwaved it for 3 minutes and handed it to her - Under normal circumstances it is impossible for a liquid to reach temperatures higher than 220 degrees farenheit (boiling) but because this was old coffee, it developed a slight "skin" on top of the liquid. Because of the skin there was surface tension that kept the coffee insulated at temperatures significantly above boiling, so when that tension was broken all the energy was released at once, the super-heated coffee boiled over the lip of the cup and spilled onto her lap giving her very disfiguring 3rd degree burns on her abdomen and genitals. Burns literally so bad that she had to have reconstructive surgery and skin grafts to look human again.
*That* was the reason they sued, because McDonalds used old coffee and a microwave and basically sold a woman a cup of super-heated coffee napalm. The fact that McDonalds now has cups that say "Caution: Contents hot" is more a joke than anything, but McDonalds spun that story very heavily to make it appear that it was all a scam.
To answer Cat's question - I took pictures of the box and the TV, called the company, and they immediately sent me a new TV - I'm quite happy with the service.
