Except he's admitting, in this weeks article, an error in last weeks article. One that I missed in my review of it. Apparently he recounted an urban legend about a guy who sued his Winnebago manufacturer because he got up and brewed some coffee while driving, and nobody ever told him not to.
William's defense is that "Everybody's doing it." No wait, that's not right. Actually his defense is that there is a website dedicated to presenting the idea that American Juries can't be trusted to come up with good verdicts so we need tort reform. And more to the point, when a 79 year old grandmother spills coffee so hot that she receives third degree burns (running up a hospital bill of over $10,000) on herself, she should just take responsibility for her actions and refuse even the $800.00 McDonalds originally offered her. That's what a real American would do.
Instead, as Williams reports, that Grandmother sued McDonalds and was awarded $3 Million. Of course, Williams neglects to mention she never received the $3 Million, she received a much lower figure. Full story here. Thanks to This Modern World.
Of course this is part of an ongoing effort by some Conservatives to make consumers and employees responsible for corporate negligence. I hope they don't get away with it.
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