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Virginia woman sues Outback Steakhouse after slipping on mashed potatoes (www.pilotonline.com)

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[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 53 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'd also add:

She was hospitalized for EIGHT DAYS
She then had two years of medical treatment
She was looking for $20,000 to cover medical expenses.

The $20,000 included about $10k in medical costs, a few thousand for loss of income and another few thousand for expected medical costs.

McDonalds offered... $800.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

$800

McDonald's just got confused and thought they were covering medical expenses in a civilized country.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

To the largest fast food company in the world they couldn't spare 20k to make amends. To them that's a less than a single employee's salary, a fraction of one of their lawyer's salaries. Absolutely pathetic

[–] ecvanalog@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

It’s just like the whole thing right now with Brock’s and Minifigs. They could have just made the guy whole in the first place but refused to let a customer make demands.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Could spare? Yes.

Would spare? This is Ray Kroc’s baby we’re talking about.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 4 points 1 day ago

Think of the shareholders!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

McDonald's deals with several legal claims a day. 99.99% of the time, $800 makes people go away.