Most people are familiar with the Stella Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants hot coffee case. Mrs. Liebeck was in the McDonald’s parking lot putting cream and sugar in the coffee she just purchased from McDonald’s when she accidentally spilled the coffee in her lap resulting in third degree burns. She was awarded $160,000 in compensatory damages and $2.7 million in punitive damages due to the injuries she suffered.

Are you looking to donate some of your money or your time to a really worthy cause? Then consider donating the gulf oil spill! There are tons of people as well as animals that were innocent and have been affected by this horrible ordeal!

Dutch ships have offered equipment to clean up much of the oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, but U.S. environmental laws won't allow this to happen because the European equipment doesn't meet EPA standards. But still, some of the equipment was shipped to the U.S., fitted to ships unfamiliar with the equipment and is being used by crews unfamiliar with the equipment.