Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,298 Angelina and Jack McMahon v. Bunn-O-Matic Corporation, James River Paper Company, and Wincup Holdings, L.P.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 2, 1998No. 97-4131PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
During a break from a long-distance auto trip, Jack McMahon bought a cup of coffee from the mini mart at a Mobil station. Jack asked Angelina McMahon, his wife, to remove the plastic lid while he drove. Angelina decided to pour some of the coffee into a smaller cup that would be easier for Jack to handle. In the process the coffee flooded her lap; Angelina suffered second and third degree bums that caused her pain for months and produced scars on her left thigh and lower abdomen. Angelina believes that the Styrofoam cup collapsed, either because it was poorly made…
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