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echo: askacop
to: TODD JASPERS
from: RD THOMPSON
date: 1998-01-21 17:40:00
subject: Censorship

Hi Todd, as you were just saying about Censorship....
TJ> -> No, she didn't.  She sued for medical recovery.  Probably would have
TJ> -> been about 200,000.  McDonald's got a hair up their butt and went to
TJ> -> court thinking that they had a slam dunk.  The jury awarded her those
TJ> -> damages, partially due to McDonald's attitude toward the common man.
TJ> ->
TJ> -> RD
TJ> .
TJ> .
TJ> Yeah, i just dont see how it was their fault at all. I mean, if
TJ> the drive  thru person had thrown the cup of boiling coffee or
TJ> spilled  it all over that woman.. then yes. But instead.. she had 
TJ> driven like a mile away, and spilled it on herself. I think  she
TJ> probably wanted a whole lot more. 200,000 is enough  money to cover
TJ> about 200 trips to the hospital. Seeing as  how 1 nights stay, plus
TJ> the ambulance ride goes about 960  bucks.  
You obviously don't know how badly she was burned.
RD 
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