John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Sometimes You Just Get Lucky

See this picture? To the discerning eye it is a catastrophic accident — and multi million dollar law suit — just waiting to happen.

Remember a few decades ago when McDonald’s served an extra hot coffee to an elderly customer — but did not seal the top when handing it to her — and she spilled it in her lap and suffered severe burns and made national news when she was later awarded several million dollars in damages?

Well, the exact same thing almost happened to me yesterday but instead of an uns...