by Howard Cannon | Dec 20, 2024 | Hot Coffee Burns
Injuries from spills of hot coffee or tea are known as ‘scald injuries.’ Webster’s Dictionary defines scald as “to burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam.” “Burns are classified as first-, second-, or third-degree, depending on how deep and severely they...
by Howard Cannon | Dec 6, 2024 | Hot Coffee Burns
No one heads to the drive-thru down the street from their home expecting to get scalded by spilling a cup of hot coffee or hot tea on their private parts and seriously maim their breasts, ball-sack, chest, belly, or thighs. But sadly, it happens every single day,...
by Howard Cannon | Jun 26, 2024 | Hot Coffee Burns
While there are some hot coffee and/or hot tea spills that happen in the dining area of restaurants, they most commonly occur in fast-food and various kinds of drive-thru lanes. Many of these injuries are devastating and life-altering. Here are but a handful of...