In a system where people win trials for milions if the coffee you sell them is too hot, I would be surprised if that victim can't literally crucify the Ken Anderson guy in court for all that he has, in terms of years and money.

If not, then this is a really fucked-up system.

The coffee trial is one of my pet peeves. The lady had severe burns on her legs, genitals and torso. She had to go to the icu, and then to a burn clinic, and then later went through at least one round of surgery. The location that served the coffee had been written up for the temperature being way too high, but no one ever acted on it. IIRC that penalty was appealed, and I think they settled on a lesser amount later.

Also, part of having a healthy justice system is having the ability to sue for literally any, or no reason. In an ideal world a flagrant lawsuit would just get thrown out without any harm to either party. Unfortunately we've built a system where a suit can bankrupt either party, so it turns into a war of attrition.

@drawk & @mdpopescu: I apologise, indeed I hadn't read all the facts about the coffee case and I don't find it ridicoulous any more.

In any case, I really hope Michael Morton finds some real justice and Ken Anderson doesn't get off the hook that easily.

What happened make me feel very angry. Not that long since I read about this terrible injustice as well:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/glenn-ford-black-ma...

Off-topic: you probably don't know the facts about the coffee case :) http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm