Originally Posted by /^Blackmagik^\
only because that was the bandwagon getrichquickatsomeoneelse'sexpensebecauseican'tput downagoddamedcheeseburgerandamatotalretard lawsuit for this year. of course something equally as absurd will pop up and with this precedent it will be more difficult to make it stick.
After that lawsuit, did a bunch of other people spill coffee on themselves and then sue fast food restaurants? No, because they all put warning labels on their coffee which prevented anyone else from exploiting a similar opportunity.
The main legal difference between someone spilling coffee on themselves and someone eating a burger is that spilling coffee is not necessarily something a person chooses to do. Sure the lady spilled her own coffee, but it's not something she did intentionally. There's no way to unintentionally eat a burger.
There's a total of one case on the books where someone sued McDonald's for making them fat. It was thrown out of court, because it was an absurd claim. One case.
What it basically comes down to is that we all know these lawsuits are frivolous and thus far the courts have proved themselves more than capable of throwing the banned case(s) out, no help from Congress needed.