Woman sues Dunnes Stores over glass jug which shattered after she poured hot water in

moceri

This exceeds stupidity... Unless the glass is specifically designed for hot liquids.. Pyrex/Borosilicate glass...... Never fill with hot water.

https://amp.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/woman-sues-dunnes-stores-over-glass-jug-which-shattered-after-she-poured-hot-water-into-it-970097.html

TheMilkyPirate

Sher isn't it always somebody else's fault..

whisky_galore

Making tea in a glass jug.
Dem fordiners do be fierce funny all the same.

TheValeyard

Any link? Wanna give it a read.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

TheValeyard wrote: »

Any link? Wanna give it a read.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/woman-claims-she-suffered-burns-when-dunnes-stores-jug-shattered-1.4113601

Trigger Happy

Surprised she did not sue Irish Water too. No warning label on the water.

D3V!L

What about suing the kettle manufacturer and Electric Ireland for supplying the energy to boil the water.

matchthis

If ye are what ye eat, then that girl ate the whole head of cabbage

Be right back

Don't suppose they've heard of teapots in Slovakia?

Capt'n Midnight

moceri wrote: »

This exceeds stupidity... Unless the glass is specifically designed for hot liquids.. Pyrex/Borosilicate glass...... Never fill with hot water.

In the EU uppercase PYREX is proper borosilicate glass.

In the US the brand was sold off so lowercase pyrex is soda glass or whatever is cheapest.


https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-03/gray-matter-cant-take-heat/

One unfortunate use of Pyrex is cooking crack cocaine, which involves a container of water undergoing a rapid temperature change when the drug is converted from powder form. That process creates more stress than soda-lime glass can withstand, so an entire underground industry was forced to switch from measuring cups purchased at Walmart to test tubes and beakers stolen from labs. Which just goes to show, if you think you know all the consequences of your decisions today, you're probably wrong.

kenmc

Yet it was fine the evening before, when she also made "tea". Clearly whatever she did with it between it not shattering, and shattering, is the real issue, and hardly Dunnes liability.

Sephiroth_dude

Chancers!

The Satanist

Need pics of the jugs so I can decide for myself

Tails142

Manufacturers of chocolate teapots are currently reading this story in a panic

Ush1

Whenever I read glass and shatter I think of Stone Cold Steve Austins theme song.

ILoveYourVibes

In fairness i remember everyone gave the lady who was burned by coffee in MC DONALDS a hard time.

But this was what happened to her.

https://media.makeameme.org/created/in-their-latest.jpg

Her name was Stella Liebeck and she was 79 ...they found Mc Donalds kept their coffee way hotter than safety regulations allow.

But everyone just laughed. It wasnt funny .


People shouldn't judge until they have the facts.

Unless the claiment is a member of FG.

Be right back

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

In fairness i remember everyone gave the lady who was burned by coffee in MC DONALDS a hard time.

But this was what happened to her.

https://media.makeameme.org/created/in-their-latest.jpg

Her name was Stella Liebeck and she was 79 ...they found Mc Donalds kept their coffee way hotter than safety regulations allow.

But everyone just laughed. It wasnt funny .


People shouldn't judge until they have the facts.

Unless the claiment is a member of FG.

According to this case, she said that she left the water cool down for a bit before she poured it into the jug.

ILoveYourVibes

Be right back wrote: »

According to this case, she said that she left the water cool down for a bit before she poured it into the jug.

That might be. I don't know.

My point is something quite seemingly trivial can actually be life alteringly serious.:o

Bio Mech

Be right back wrote: »

According to this case, she said that she left the water cool down for a bit before she poured it into the jug.

So she said. Wonder would she have any vested interest in saying that. like getting money maybe

fonecrusher1

She's pretty. Just give her the money. Hurry.

Captain Havoc

When I lived in Switzerland we used to drink tea from slimjims, I thought it was nuts but that was the norm there. I think saying "it exceeds stupidity" is wrong. She made a mistake but I would not say it's stupid. Perhaps Dunnes should not use poor quality glass. Was there a lable saying "for cold drinks only" on it?

gmisk

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

In fairness i remember everyone gave the lady who was burned by coffee in MC DONALDS a hard time.

But this was what happened to her.

https://media.makeameme.org/created/in-their-latest.jpg

Her name was Stella Liebeck and she was 79 ...they found Mc Donalds kept their coffee way hotter than safety regulations allow.

But everyone just laughed. It wasnt funny .


People shouldn't judge until they have the facts.

Unless the claiment is a member of FG.

There is a documentary about this on Netflix.
It's really well worth a watch.
I don't think the two are comparable in any real way.

This line is pretty telling
"She was wearing leggings, which struck him as odd if she had burned her legs, he said"

gmisk

Captain Havoc wrote: »

When I lived in Switzerland we used to drink tea from slimjims, I thought it was nuts but that was the norm there. I think saying "it exceeds stupidity" is wrong. She made a mistake but I would not say it's stupid. Perhaps Dunnes should not use poor quality glass. Was there a lable saying "for cold drinks only" on it?

In the story dunnes said it was labelled as being suitable for cold drinks only

Feisar

gmisk wrote: »

In the story dunnes said it was labelled as being suitable for cold drinks only

Unless it's PYREX glass is not for hot liquids. Have known this since I was a little kid.

gmisk

Feisar wrote: »

Unless it's PYREX glass is not for hot liquids. Have known this since I was a little kid.

But in Slovakia apparently you fire anything you like in a glass jug...

weldoninhio

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

She's pretty. Just give her the money. Hurry.

I think you may need a visit to Specsavers. It's free with your PRSI.

joeysoap

Open the betting now

20/1 it dismissed

10/1 she gets a decent settlement

5/1 gets a very generous figure

Evens the judge says Dunnes should be more careful

Judge Kevin Cross. Lets keep an eye on the verdict and possible verdict. If he awards anything in this case then he is the problem not chancers.

If she brought this claim in Slovakia she'd be laughed out of court. They don't entertain frivilous lawsuits there.

I read an article in a Slovak paper about a British woman who claimed she fell down a man hole when the cover was removed for work. The judge told her to look where she was walking in future and she lost the case.

bazz26

realitykeeper

Lawyers are asking doctors to withhold evidence of previous claims by serial claimants. Should lawyers income be punitively taxed to compensate the taxpayer and society at large? The legal profession are a den of vipers.

gmisk

realitykeeper wrote: »

Lawyers are asking doctors to withhold evidence of previous claims by serial claimants. Should lawyers income be punitively taxed to compensate the taxpayer and society at large? The legal profession are a den of vipers.

You mean like this one...the money she got is pretty staggering for f all
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/woman-who-slipped-on-chip-awarded-40-000-1.3089556%3fmode=amp