Don't go by what the papers say about the pop cap story, they could be leaving some information out of the whole incident, just to make it more outrageous.
And, just to dispense the myth about the McDonald's coffee incident -- I learned this from my, formerly a lawyer, Business Law teacher a couple quarters ago...
The person who was burned in the McDonald's incident was sitting in the passenger seat of the car and was approximately an 80 year old woman. My guess is that she put the cup of coffee between her legs because the cup was too hot to hold for her fragile hands. And I don't think there was a cup holder in the car.
The burns caused by the steaming hot coffee were third degree which covered her thighs, groin, and stomach area. Again, the woman was about 80 years old. Second degree burns can give you blisters, by the way.
McDonald's had been warned before about the temperature of their coffee, and that it was too high, yet they did nothing. Their reason? Because the temperature of the water brings out more flavor in the coffee bean, even the few degrees that it is over their competitors.
Another note, it takes only a few seconds for 115+ degree coffee to seep through clothing and cause third degree burns. Even if you are lucky enough to peel off your clothes as soon as the steaming hot coffee spills, chances are you are still going to come off with some minor burns somewhere. But it's kinda difficult for an 80 year old woman to peel off her clothes in the passenger seat of a car in a matter of seconds.
The 80 year old woman won her case, hands down.
Don't believe that what the paper prints is the whole story. They are in the business of selling papers. True, the story is what people read, but the more outrageous the better, eh? Although, I can't remember if there was some sort of order that no one could say anything about the case. Could've been.
The Prinnster
