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Mosby

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40. Exactly.

Fri May 12, 2023, 04:33 PM

May 2023

If the insurance provider wanted to sue someone they don't need to involve the patient or need their permission.

Someone is spreading a lot of bad info in this thread.

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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

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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