[NEWS] Jobless graduate sues her college

[misombra]

i wonder how, if she can't get a job, this woman was able to afford a retainer fee for an attorney to file such a precarious lawsuit.

[IndiReloaded]

Like I said, I'm sure a relative is a lawyer.

[little pingoin]

CBrider - i would normally agree with you about taking personal resposibility, but there is no way spilling a cup of coffee in your lap should result in burns that extend into the facia and muscle of a body. That is unreasonably hot. Besides, as I said before, McD's had literally HUNDREDS of lawsuits about the extreme temperature of the coffee. Don't you think it is just a little bit short-sigheted for them to not have been able to forsee this kind of injury?

Just a small bit of insight: I worked at McD's as a kid (before the lawsuit in question), and for every person that asked us to throw a few ice cubes into the coffee because it was too hot we had just as many that asked us to throw it in the microwave for a minute or two because it was too cold.

[Cbrider]

you are a young man being stupid and risking your life on a motorcycle. this was an elderly woman trying to get some coffee. surely you can see the difference.

Well surely there is a difference, but the root of the problem is the same, an accident. I would be more sympathetic to her cause if she didn't extort the legal system and rake in more than medical costs, rehab and lost wages. Be grateful for a chance at life because there's 1 million other embryos that will never open their eyes. We as a society look for shit to whine about rather than stuff to be happy about.

i suggest you read about the people who were exonerated after lengthy prison sentences for crimes they did not commit.

[url]http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/view/[/url]

It is sad and unfortunate, but its a risk we accept as a society. If you want to have a justice system to punish people, you're always going to have that small percent of human error factored in. Its just an evil in this world.

Unless you plan on colonizing your own island, you're going to be under some system of government. Your chances of justice are better under the U.S. Constitution than anywhere else in the world.

[Yggdrasil]

I learned in my college all the locations and positions of the human bodies bones. Their locations are anatomical facts and not theories. We know exactly that they are where they are. Hell, in pre-school I learned that the world is round...I guess you can argue that to be a theory but you got to be a bit stupid or born in the 1500 century.

Theoretical knowledge = "book" knowledge.

Practical experience = hands on experience.

It's not my fault you're unaware of the difference between theorical knowledge and a scientific theory.

I still would like to see a high school graduate perform an open heart surgery.

College? Experience? Muahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I'll buy the knowledge part, eventhough it's only theoretical knowledge.

Now read again what I typed, then swallow your pride realy hard and appologize.

Remember, I'm blunt AND cheeky.