Dunkin' Donuts sued over hot hash browns
By adamg - Wed, 09/09/2009 - 12:41pm.
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly has the details on a case involving a toddler who allegedly got permanent chin and neck scars from a too hot hash brown at a Quincy Dunkin' Donuts.
The paper quoted one lawyer not involved in the case who said the parents could have difficulty with the jury, because who feeds their kid Dunkin' Donuts hash browns for breakfast in the drive-thru lane?
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Obvious Choking Hazard
She gave these to a young kid, and she did not break them apart first?
She was not in the rear seat with the kid?
Did the term "choking hazard" ever occur to her? I mean, had she busted them into non-choke sized pieces and she would have known they were too hot. I realize that people are crushed for time and stressed, but choking food for toddlers is a major no, particularly in the back seat while you are driving.
Ive had these before, not
Ive had these before, not very good to be honest with you but YES they are little discs that fit almost perfectly in your throat if swallowed whole. Unlike, lets say, a donut which has to be bitten to eat these can easily be popped into the mouth and swallowed.
On the other hand if these were hot enough to actually burn the skin maybe they should not be so hot?
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ugh
Caution - food fresh out of the 300 degree fryolator is very hot. Or did she mean to order the iced hashbrowns?
wow.
the stupidity of the average human being continues to astound me.
good luck with your absurd lawsuit, lady.
not the average human being
not the average human being, but the average Dunkin' Donuts customer, thank you very much!
McDonald's lost, in part,
McDonald's lost, in part, because they had been repeatedly warned about injuries resulting from the coffee temperature and that their coffee was significantly hotter than that served at most other restaurants. Has anyone, ever, complained to Dunkin Donuts about the temperature of the hash browns and do other places serve their deep-fried hashbrowns at a lower temperature?
The lawyer's argument that the food could have been prepared more safely isn't really relevant. The question is whether DD was negligent. Is it negligent to serve hashbrowns hot? I'm not seeing it.
If
If the product has burned others, and some of those instances were reported to Dunkin Donuts, and they took no action to address the problem, and they refuse to reimburse this victim for medical costs, THEN this case will be like the McDonalds case.
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