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To: maceng2 who wrote (189815)	8/28/2002 9:39:57 PM
From: BDR	Respond to of 436258

<Lots of room for improvement in all those cases by the look of it (including dropping the false cases).> Want more examples? Check here and look under personal responsibility overlawyered.com <Re McDonalds, I would have thought after 50 or so scaldings, even if the decision was to keep the coffee at 190 degrees, some sort of clear warning could have been stamped on the cup, for example.> overlawyered.com August 19 -- Litigation good for the country? Law prof Carl T. Bogus, espousing a view that should win him some admirers among those who violently dislike the viewpoint of this page, has written a whole book entitled "Why Lawsuits Are Good for America." He's even dispatched a research assistant armed with a candy thermometer to prove that chain restaurants now furnish caffeinated take-out beverages at more suitably tepid temperatures than they used to, thanks to salutary fear of being hauled to court. But reviewer Michael McMenamin doesn't find the resulting potion palatable ("Knave of torts", Reason, Aug.)