ou might be serving the best product, dishing out your best services. But are you sure you are immune to lawsuits? Think again.A cup of HOT coffee is enough to bog you down into a $2.7 million lawsuit – like it did for McDonald’s! Hey McD, Your Coffee’s Too Hot. McDonald’s found itself in hot waters (hot coffee rather!) when a 79 year old woman bought coffee from its drive through. While her grandson was behind the wheel, she placed the cup between her knees and pulled its lid towards her, spilling the coffee in her lap. What she did next was McDonald’s nightmare. She sued it for negligence claiming the coffee was “TOO HOT TO BE SAFE”! And more unbelievably, the jury actually held the fast food joint as being 80% responsible. The woman was awarded $160,000 in compensatory damages and $2.7 million in punitive damages. The two parties however agreed to settle the matter out of court, costing the firm around $600,000.

1. Weird Business
Lawsuits You May
Never Have Heard Of
You might be serving the best product,
dishing out your best services. But are
you sure you are immune to lawsuits?
Think again.
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2. A cup of HOT
coffee is enough
to bog you down
into a $2.7
million lawsuit –
like it did for
McDonald’s!
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3. Hey McD, Your
Coffee’s Too Hot.
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5. What she did next was
McDonald’s nightmare.
O She sued it for
negligence claiming
the coffee was
“TOO HOT TO BE
SAFE”! And more
unbelievably, the
jury actually held
the fast food joint as
being 80%
responsible.
O The woman was
awarded $160,000 in
compensatory
damages and $2.7
million in punitive
damages. The two
parties however
agreed to settle the
matter out of court,
costing the firm
around $600,000.
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6. Mowing More Than Just
the Lawn
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7. In another bizarre lawsuit, a
man from Mississippi filed a
lawsuit against a lawnmower
manufacturer, Husqvarna
Professional Products Inc.,
and its engine manufacturer –
Kawasaki Motors Corp. U.S.A.
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8. Apparently, the lawnmower ran over
him when he jumped from it to avoid a
swarm of yellow jackets stinging him.
O The lawnmower’s
blades severed his
kneecap and cut his
legs. He claimed that
the cut-off switch
designed to shut down
the lawnmower’s motor
when the rider leaves
the seat failed, cutting
more than just grass for
both the man and the
company!
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9. Tell Me the Weather ‘n
You Are Sued
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11. Women Out of a Beer Can
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12. Anheuser-Busch, producer of the Budweiser
beer, was sued by a man in Michigan who
accused it of false advertising.
O The company ran a
series of ads
showing two
beautiful women
coming to life in
front of two truck
drivers drinking the
beer.
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13. Obviously, the man had no
such experience and he sued
the company for making false
ads! Sanely, his lawsuit was
dismissed by court and the
man didn’t see his $10,000
claim materialize either.
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14. Knife Sandwich Anyone?
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15. O Subway was sued
by a New Yorker for
being served a knife
in his sandwich.
The man found a 7-
inch knife that was
baked into the
bread of his
sandwich. He did
not swallow it and
neither did it cut
him.
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16. He filed a million dollar lawsuit
against Subway for severe stomach
issues that lasted for three hours.
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17. He claimed that it was caused
by food poisoning from the
knife’s plastic handle, which
according to him was ‘filthy’.
He finally agreed to a $20,000
settlement from Subway.
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