Talk:Fight Over Baseball Statistics/@comment-204.128.220.20-20060516130240

Alex...I&quot;m not going to argue with you about America being too litigious. You&quot;re undoubtedly correct. But there&quot;s a tremendous lack of understanding of the McDonalds/coffee incident that everyone trots out as evidence of America Gone Bad. Some things to consider: The victim, a 79-year-old woman, suffered third-degree burns over six percent of her body and was treated in the hospital for eight days; McDonalds at the time heated their coffee at 190 degrees, 45 degrees hotter than any of their competitors; the victim attempted to settle the case for $20,000, but McDonalds refused. There&quot;s plenty of information about this case, but check out the Wikipedia entry for a more comprehensive understanding of the issue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald&quot;s_coffee_case