If there was a car wreck that caused the coffee to fly about the interior has nothing to do with the coffee but the person that caused the wreck. Apples, Oranges. One is caused directly by the user/owner of the coffee. The wreck could be caused but someone else and is out of the coffee owners responsibility. Your argument/point is incorrect.

To quote you "The fact that the lady was trying to add creamer to her drink is irrelevant. It was the actions of the company that caused the injury." You contradict yourself within the two sentences. You acknowledge the owner of the coffee as adding creamer, so she had to open the coffee and was handling said beverage. Yet you blame the company (McDonalds) for the beverage being hot and causing the injury. NO the injury was caused by the owner of the coffee spilling it on themselves. McDonalds did not create the spill.

Oh and my "knee-jerk reaction" to an almost 30 year old story is laughable. This is a well known incident. Yes she got burned, but it was her spilling the drink, not McDonalds dumping it on her that caused the problem. Most people I know think this whole lawsuit was a joke. The lady winning was just a way to stick it to a company, make some money for being pleading stupidity. If you are too stupid to handle a hot beverage properly then please render yourself detached from the living.

Lastly hot beverages are HOT and caution should apply. But common sense is very lacking with most individuals. BTW Courts also decided to flat ignore election fraud. So I have no faith in courts.