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Family of girl scalded by coffee by Thruway Denny's awarded six-figure settlement, report says

October 24, 2014 by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The family of a 5-year-old girl scalded by a hot cup of coffee at a restaurant along the Thruway has won a six-figure settlement in federal court.

The Buffalo News reports that Jose Adames and Sally Irizarry of Puerto Rico recently agreed to a court-approved settlement of at least $500,000 after suing a Denny's restaurant in Angola in 2012.

The girl, who was 14 months old in 2010, was scalded after grabbing a hot cup of coffee. The family claims the waitress was negligent for placing the coffee near the infant.

 

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The case was being tried in federal court in Buffalo last month when an insurer for the company that owned the now-closed Denny's offered to settle. The newspaper reports that the confidential settlement is believed to be near $500,000.

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Oh that poor baby :(

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I remember having kids that age and anything that was set down in arms reach of them I moved.

If you have something like coffee that could burn a baby, don't trust a stranger to set it where the baby couldn't get it. Move it yourself.

I hope the baby will be ok.

But the parents should have been paying more attention in my opinion.


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Reminds me of someone who would come in at work. He ordered coffee and wanted it fresh brewed, not a problem coffee doesn't take long.

He liked it piping hot. So I would catch it as it was making.

And he always said to put it in the microwave to make it even more hot. By the time I handed it to him it was hard to hold it was so hot. But he sucked it down like it was nothing.



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We (7 of us) were in a Chinese restaurant once, when the waiter put down a small bowl of pats of butter, within reach of my 15 month old nephew.

It took him about one second, and all the butter was in his mouth.

Lily is right, the parents should have prevented this. But it should also be part of the training for wait staff.

 

 



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If they didn't make it hot the customers would be complaining that it was cold before their meal was over. I like mine tepid. It usually isn't cool enough until the end of my meal. I feel bad for the baby but parents shouldn't hold others responsible for not watching their kid.

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ed11563 wrote:

We (7 of us) were in a Chinese restaurant once, when the waiter put down a small bowl of pats of butter, within reach of my 15 month old nephew.

It took him about one second, and all the butter was in his mouth.

Lily is right, the parents should have prevented this. But it should also be part of the training for wait staff.

 

 

I don't know about everywhere but we were trained not to pass or pour anything over a customer. But I have seen people put babies at the end of the table and then how else are you supposed to do things? In some situations it's the only access to the table.

But a parent can pay attention and instead of letting anything be sat down in front of baby, take it from the waiter themselves.

Oh and the butter thing? Yeah, I aint 15 month old but I can see doing that too.  



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Similar to what a waitress did at Pizzeria Uno when DD was 3, put the hot dish down in front of DD and then said "be careful its hot" and before I could grab it, dd was already on it and burned her fingers. They comped the food, which didn't matter because I walked out.

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lilyofcourse wrote:

I remember having kids that age and anything that was set down in arms reach of them I moved.

If you have something like coffee that could burn a baby, don't trust a stranger to set it where the baby couldn't get it. Move it yourself.

I hope the baby will be ok.

But the parents should have been paying more attention in my opinion.

 This, especially the bolded.

My son is quite the grabby pants. It is DH's and my responsibility to make sure anything that can hurt him is out of reach - both at home and in public - and we do just that. When we go out, we move everything out of his reach. Now that he's eating more regular foods, we're getting in the habit of bringing one of his bowls with us. That way, if he drops it on the floor (and he has), the restaurant doesn't lose a dish. Most servers we've had put the plates out of reach of our son. The ones who don't, one of us will block him from touching the plates while the other moves them.



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Coffee should be hot. That's how it is made. Don't order it if you don't want it at your table.

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