Common Sense...Older guys will remember this

[mTk(FGM)]

The other part of the McDonald's case was not that the coffee was hot and that plaintiff should have known that, but that the temperature significantly exceeded industry norms (I forget how hot, but it was really hot) so much so as to cause her not insignificant burns.

Plaintiff's eventual award was reduced for her own comparative negligence for stupidly putting the cup of coffee between her legs in the first place (again, I forget by what %). The main argument was that she would not have sustained the injuries she did had McDonald's not been negligent in preparing the coffee in the first place.

Sorta makes a little sense if you squint real hard.