ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 months agoAn elderly couple were billed £200 for pay-per-view adult films they claim they never orderedc.l3n.coimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down123
arrow-up1401arrow-down1imageAn elderly couple were billed £200 for pay-per-view adult films they claim they never orderedc.l3n.coᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uk to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-27 months agoThat lady had polyester pants melted deep into her skin. Liebeck was wearing cotton sweatpants, which absorbed the coffee and held it against her skin, scalding her thighs, buttocks and groin.[ I doubt her settlement paid all the bills, especially after attorney fees Edited because I was wrong.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-27 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald's_Restaurants In the end it was apparently $640 000, so I honestly don’t know whether it would’ve covered medical costs and attorneys fees in America.
minus-squareBubbleMonkey@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-27 months agoIt was in the 90s. It was bad then but not nearly as bad as it is now. 640k was worth a lot more.
minus-squareTwig@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months ago“640K ought to be enough for anybody.”
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoHi thank you. I was wrong about the polyester pants, and I edited my post, to reflect that.
That lady had
polyester pants melted deep into her skin.I doubt her settlement paid all the bills, especially after attorney fees
Edited because I was wrong.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald's_Restaurants
In the end it was apparently $640 000, so I honestly don’t know whether it would’ve covered medical costs and attorneys fees in America.
It was in the 90s. It was bad then but not nearly as bad as it is now.
640k was worth a lot more.
“640K ought to be enough for anybody.”
Hi thank you. I was wrong about the polyester pants, and I edited my post, to reflect that.