I'd like to think you are correct, but (at least here in the United States) I can see the lawsuits piling up. People here sue over spilled coffee, it's not out of the realm of possibility.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restaur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restau...
This wasn't some get rich quick scheme or frivolity. The settlement money paid for a live-in nurse for the rest of her life.