ie lets sue Macdonalds because I got burned by spilling their coffe onto myself.
That case is more complicated than a simple carb ice up, the WSJ article is well worth reading in its entirety to form a balanced/informed view on the affair:
http://www.reedmorganpc.com/wsj_coffee.htm
It turns out compensation culture arrived here with a bunch of immigrants who codifed it (on paper)!
http://libra.englang.arts.gla.ac.uk/...2_Life_in.html