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Effete Snob

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23. I'm sorry for being a curmudgeon about it

Fri May 12, 2023, 04:21 PM

May 2023

It's a pet peeve of mine.

What's worse is that it is actually against trial rules to tell the jury about insurance.

I was on a jury one time, and my fellow jurors kept raising the question of "But if she works at (place), then she should have good health insurance."

The case involved injuries due to a car crash.

I had to bite my tongue so hard, because it would have been unethical for me to tell my fellow jurors that what they are seeing is a play scripted by an auto insurer and a health insurer. The lawyers, the victims and everyone else, are just actors in that play.

This is why the US has so much litigation. This shit doesn't go on in countries that take the approach of "Someone got hurt, let's get them treated."

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McDonald's found liable for hot Chicken McNugget that fell from Happy Meal and burned girl [View all] BumRushDaShow May 2023 OP

More Florida craziness, JenniferJuniper May 2023 #1

Because mother's medical insurance won't pay unless they go after another potential primary Effete Snob May 2023 #13

So often personal injury cases turn out to be subrogation battles Ocelot II May 2023 #24

As noted downthread Effete Snob May 2023 #32

I doubt her health insurance carrier forced her to sue McDonalds JenniferJuniper May 2023 #34

Exactly. Mosby May 2023 #40

Uh-huh Effete Snob May 2023 #43

I remember hearing the story about the guy who supposedly used a lawn mower Ocelot II May 2023 #48

Lawyers are exploiting the tort system. Mosby May 2023 #51

I was involved PI Plaintiff cases for a very long time, Los Angeles, CA, Central District Ct. Scottie Mom May 2023 #93

First coffee and now chicken? moreland01 May 2023 #2

The coffee I can almost get, JenniferJuniper May 2023 #4

When our kids were young and ate chicken nuggets, I don't recall them *ever* being too hot to eat. NullTuples May 2023 #21

That's part of it Effete Snob May 2023 #29

Lesson of the story: under-regulated capitalism and healthcare don't mix. NullTuples May 2023 #33

Gosh, you sound like a liberal Effete Snob May 2023 #44

What's a deep fryer temp? Mosby May 2023 #56

Not sure, but sometimes nuggets are the thing they have to "drop" and sell fast if they're out. forgotmylogin May 2023 #85

I think of chicken nuggets as "lukewarm food". mwb970 May 2023 #26

Coffee starts out with boiling water. Igel May 2023 #84

I watched Hot Coffee. Scottie Mom May 2023 #91

See post #15. Ocelot II May 2023 #19

i was just going to menti AllaN01Bear May 2023 #27

The victim's labia fused together obamanut2012 May 2023 #61

Truly. I wonder if they're going to trash this kid similarly. Maybe just her mother. catrose May 2023 #72

I have never, ever recieved food from mcdonalds that would burn me SouthernDem4ever May 2023 #87

How the hell do you get nuggets so hot they blister your skin????? Farmer-Rick May 2023 #100

Seems to me the mother was negligent. LiberalFighter May 2023 #3

I've been handing nuggets to my kids in the back seat for 11 years toroyoung May 2023 #94

Give me a break... infullview May 2023 #5

What's wrong with people? Effete Snob May 2023 #10

Yes. See my post #15, below. Ocelot II May 2023 #17

Sorry, I don't buy your BS infullview May 2023 #68

Is Seinfeld's Jackie Chiles (aka Johnnie Cochran) BigmanPigman May 2023 #6

McDonalds now introduces: Chilly Meals! truthisfreedom May 2023 #7

Chilly and super-hot are not the only two possibilities toroyoung May 2023 #96

Insurance company pimping another story I see Effete Snob May 2023 #8

THIS. area51 May 2023 #101

I hope this is overturned. Mosby May 2023 #9

Did you tell the girl's medical insurer that? Effete Snob May 2023 #12

Thank you for informing everyone (incl me) throughout this thread. NullTuples May 2023 #22

I'm sorry for being a curmudgeon about it Effete Snob May 2023 #23

I don't think that's right about the insurance. Mosby May 2023 #35

Except when it doesn't Effete Snob May 2023 #39

Um, yes, patients are asked how injuries happened. Karma13612 May 2023 #50

Post removed Post removed May 2023 #52

Yes, they are. I have seen many medical records from accident injuries. Ocelot II May 2023 #59

I was a certified medical coding specialist for Karma13612 May 2023 #65

I think your wrong. Mosby May 2023 #66

Am I making up the those medical records noting that the patient's injuries Ocelot II May 2023 #67

I worked in a hospital medical records department Karma13612 May 2023 #69

Oh, you have it all wrong! A person who's been carted into the ER on a gurney Ocelot II May 2023 #70

🤣🤣🤣 Karma13612 May 2023 #71

Your both missing the point on purpose Mosby May 2023 #73

You said a hospital doesn't keep the fact of an accident in the patient's records Ocelot II May 2023 #76

I don't know anything about medical coding. Mosby May 2023 #78

So then it must never happen to anyone, anywhere. Ocelot II May 2023 #80

I'm aware of the limitations of anecdotal evidence. Mosby May 2023 #82

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby May 2023 #58

See post #15. Ocelot II May 2023 #20

none of the McD's food served where I live comes even close to being that hot. Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2023 #11

According to the article... jmowreader May 2023 #14

Because sometimes kids - and especially autistic ones - just scream Effete Snob May 2023 #16

It takes time to figure out what is wrong? NullTuples May 2023 #31

The facts of the 1992 McDonald's hot coffee case were grossly misrepresented Ocelot II May 2023 #15

As these things usually are Effete Snob May 2023 #18

Thank you. I, too, had a second hand connection to this case and marybourg May 2023 #28

The burn injuries were awful. Ocelot II May 2023 #41

Thanks for this. There's even more. McDonalds served their coffee rsdsharp May 2023 #38

That is something that rarely hits the news. sarisataka May 2023 #49

Ti be clear, it wasn't reduced on appeal. The trial judge reduced the punitive damage award. rsdsharp May 2023 #55

Some states also cap punitive damages. So it's never a "jackpot." Ocelot II May 2023 #62

Yup -- her labia fused together obamanut2012 May 2023 #64

Thank you for providing the facts about the McDonald's coffee case. ShazzieB May 2023 #90

Thank you for your posts in this discussion. thucythucy May 2023 #103

Now we're all gonna get served cold food because some idiot sued Polybius May 2023 #25

Read the rest of the thread. This is a fight between insurance companies Ocelot II May 2023 #36

No it isnt. Mosby May 2023 #74

There's a thing called subrogation, which is complicated and boring, Ocelot II May 2023 #83

Cold and super-hot are not the only temperatures toroyoung May 2023 #97

good grief. by my grandfathers beard , the stupid burns . gah. AllaN01Bear May 2023 #30

Don't swallow the false narrative. Read the rest of the thread. Ocelot II May 2023 #37

You mean where a bunch of anonymous people Mosby May 2023 #75

I personally had a telephone conversation with the lawyer Ocelot II May 2023 #79

I read about the coffee case. Mosby May 2023 #81

Or when people generalize about medical coding done in ERs thucythucy May 2023 #102

I cannot fathom this. Unless she were underneath the fryer when they pulled the nuggets out hlthe2b May 2023 #42

Well.... Effete Snob May 2023 #45

She got burned by something. That wasn't made up. Ocelot II May 2023 #54

My second paragraph in the earlier edit addresses this. Yes, she was burned by something. hlthe2b May 2023 #57

If so, only as to the mother's claim, not the child's, Ocelot II May 2023 #60

DFS does so --not infrequently-- if there is history supporting negligent parenting. hlthe2b May 2023 #63

What the hell? Did they throw it from the fryer sarisataka May 2023 #46

Ever been around a screaming autistic child? Effete Snob May 2023 #47

Yes I have. More than once in fact. sarisataka May 2023 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby May 2023 #77

Simple, don't feed your kids this poisonous garbage Cheezoholic May 2023 #86

I wish my fast food was hot enough to burn me, most of the time it's not hot enough. OverBurn May 2023 #88

Well... Mike Nelson May 2023 #89

Mom doesn't know cooked chicken is hot? Joinfortmill May 2023 #92

How hot is it safe for McDonalds to give to constumers? toroyoung May 2023 #95

I've never received any food from McDonald's that was hot enough to burn XorXor May 2023 #98

Some jury put a rich company like McDonald's against a little girl in their heads LiberalLovinLug May 2023 #99