Man loses lawsuit against Applebee’s after getting burned while praying over fajitas

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  1. jackdog

    jackdog Well-Known Member

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    I love to see things like this, the protect me from my own stupidity BS is wearing thin with me I guess. Lets see someone sets a plate of sizzling meat and grease in front of me. For me at least a little light goes on that says that stuff is hot. Now while I admit I have done some pretty stupid stuff when I was drunk and even some pretty dumb things when sober. However even in an intoxicated state a little red light goes on when I think about sticking my face 2 inches from a 500 degree cast iron pan.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...er-getting-burned-while-praying-over-fajitas/

    Jimenez was so upset by the fajita fiasco that he decided to sue Applebee’s, starting a years-long legal kerfuffle that only reached its resolution this week with an appellate court ruling against Jimenez. His complaint alleged that servers should have warned him about the “sizzling” fajitas and their negligence left him with “serious and permanent personal injuries for which he sought damages.”

    But that attempt, it turned out, has been as successful as that fajitas meal. A New Jersey court dismissed the claim against the American food chain conglomerate, citing the fact that it was pretty clear that those fajitas were dangerous to pray over when Jimenez decided to do so.

    Applebee’s, the ruling said, “had no duty to warn against a danger that is open and obvious.”

    Jimenez wasn’t going down that easy. He appealed. And this week, a two-judge panel ruled against him. It said the danger of the sizzling hot platter of fajitas was “self-evident,” and, as such, Applebee’s is off the hook.

    “The food was sizzling hot,” the ruling read, “and should be approached with due care.
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  2. Xenamnes

    Xenamnes Banned

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    Perhaps this marks the beginning of the end for such frivolous lawsuits.
     
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    Flintc New Member

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    Yet another example of your brain on religion.
     
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    The Mello Guy Well-Known Member

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    What an idiot....who orders fajitas at Applebee's???
     
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    rwild1967 Banned at Members Request Past Donor

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    That would be nice but I doubt it.
     
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    Sanskrit Well-Known Member

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    Eating at Applebee's alone creates a strong presumption of assumption of risk.
     

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