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In reply to the discussion: Woman sits on bench on hot day outside stadium, sues Dallas Cowboys for butt burns [View all]trumad
(41,692 posts)35. OK--then if the Cowboys are dumb enough to put an accessible seat where people can get burned...
then they deserve to be sued.
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Woman sits on bench on hot day outside stadium, sues Dallas Cowboys for butt burns [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2012
OP
Of course, the Dallas Cowboys control the August, Texasan sun and are responsible
sinkingfeeling
Aug 2012
#4
ok. I stand corrected. I remember how talk radio was ablaze with talk about this story
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2012
#68
Right wing talk radio. Have you learned nothing over the last 30 years of
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2012
#85
Really. I hate the Dallas Cowboys, but if you live in friggin' Texas, I would
sinkingfeeling
Aug 2012
#14
Eh. It is possible to design seats which don't get that hot even in Texas.
yellowcanine
Aug 2012
#22
If "common sense" was really that common, it wouldn't be remarked upon so much when it happens.
hobbit709
Aug 2012
#86
Lawyers sue Cap'n Crunch Crunch Berries because it doesn't contain real berries
Major Nikon
Aug 2012
#93
+1, that's the first thing I thought of...lets hear all the facts and not US M$M spin
uponit7771
Aug 2012
#17
Sorry I've sat on MANY seats in 100+ degree weather and I don't expect to get 3rd degree burns.
denverbill
Aug 2012
#18
The article does not state how long she sat there. If she sat down and jumped right up and
OregonBlue
Aug 2012
#24
No probably. The Texas Taxpayers would probably happily give Jerrah Jones the money to do that.
madinmaryland
Aug 2012
#49
OK--then if the Cowboys are dumb enough to put an accessible seat where people can get burned...
trumad
Aug 2012
#35
People who buy these stories at face value are why insurance companies are rich
jberryhill
Aug 2012
#53
do they really need a warning sign for a black metal bench in texas in the middle of summer?
WooWooWoo
Aug 2012
#47
And how many minutes had she lived in Cleburne before trying to attend the scrimmage?
jmowreader
Aug 2012
#75
She should sue them for the sun being hot. And for her not having a brain.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#100