I asked for hot water at a local sandwich place to warm up formula for my baby. They fill up the coffee cup with hot water up to the half cup as per my request. When I went back to the table with cup and put the bottler in overflew and burnt my hand. It turned really red and gave me blisters. Next day, i went to the doc and was told that it was 2nd degree burnt. Can I hold the store responsible for it? I contacted them and they said it was provided per my request and that I was warned about it being hot. I was not charged for it.
2007-01-21 09:40:13 · 13 answers · asked by Rita 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Are you joking?
I hope this is one of those jokes imaginative Yahoo! people play as a prank.
What ever happened to personal responsibility? Is nothing ones own fault anymore? If you rented roller skates and decided to stop by ramming your head against the wall, would you try to sue the roller rink for your injury?
2007-01-21 09:49:18 · answer #1 · answered by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you asked for hot water, then you should expect it to be hot. Why didn't you do something at the time? If you were eating there, did you have a drink with ice in it? You could have put ice on it to stop the burn from getting worse. Or you could have held the bottle in such a way that any splash would not land on your hand.
This reminds me of stories you hear about people ordering coffee at a drive thru and holding it between their knees as they drive away ---and then suing the restaurant because they were burned!
Unless someone poured the hot water over you, they are not responsible if you injure yourself. An adult should take responsiblity for their own mistakes. Learn from this.
2007-01-21 09:54:10 · answer #2 · answered by Marilyn E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are really serious about going forward with this claim (and as you can see, many people think that you should not), you should contact a personal injury attorney. Most personal injury lawyers work on a contingency fee basis, which means that they won't charge you until you collect the money. However, this means they will take 30% off the top of anything that you do collect.
It is your choice, of course, but I personally think that your claim has little merit. Of course this is only based on the facts that you gave us. At most you might be able to negotiate a small settlement of medical bills, but if it goes to trial, I'd say you'd go home empty handed.
2007-01-21 12:07:31 · answer #3 · answered by mandalyn710 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the store is not liable.
It was a special request that you made. It was not something they have on the menu. They did not have to honour your request and did warn you that the water was hot. From what you said, they completed the request as per your instructions.
Any injury is through your own fault.
2007-01-21 14:05:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The store did what you asked them to do. It was your responsibility to handle the hot water with caution. What did you expect the store to do? Send over an employee to blow on it until the temperature of the water met with your approval? Give me a break. Things like this are part of the reason our country's court systems are so bogged down, and we all pay through the nose for insurance of all types. I'm sorry you were burned, but, it was your own fault, not the store's. If I were a juror on a trial case for something like this, I would not award you any damages. I am weary of the lack of personal responsibility in our society.
2007-01-21 09:58:56 · answer #5 · answered by happy heathen 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Stop trying to get something for nothing. I hate people like you. You ask for something, someone helps you out with it and then you turn around and stab them in the back. People like you are the reason that the courts are so full of crap lawsuits. You asked for the HOT water and they gave you the hot water. Even if they had not said that it was hot water, you should have realized that it was dumbass.
2007-01-21 10:52:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they did exactly what you asked. You should have had the sense to not get hurt when you knew what you had in your hand was hot.
Sorry, but there just comes a point where people need to think for themselves.
2007-01-21 09:47:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They filled the water per your request (hot and half way).
You knew it would be hot.
Its not their fault that the water overflowed when you put the bottle in, thats your fault.
I would encourage you to visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_%28fluid%29 and read about fluid displacement.
2007-01-21 09:52:13 · answer #8 · answered by jjbone_99 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
civil issue. common sense issue. did you hear about the woman who sued McDonalds? She burnt her lap with hot coffee. That was old news. The cup that they gave you had "careful contents are hot" huh?
2007-01-21 11:43:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The store is defintaly responsible. IT was their negiglance
2007-01-21 09:47:10 · answer #10 · answered by Pauly W 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋