Leibeck vs. Pearson
Angela Campbell
February 18, 2014
UMUC
MBA 610
Executive Summary
Everyone in the world is always suing one another or companies to either get rich quick or to prove a point. Many companies will settle out of court if they are wrong or not to prevent bad publicity that may affect them financially with an active lawsuit that will make the news. The laws should have regulations on lawsuits. Lawsuits can be dragged out for years and can affect both parties financially and mentally. For instance, the Chungs are being sued by Roy Pearson and the Chungs suffered and almost lost everything due to lawsuit in legal fees and the loss of business (Takruri, 2007). The reasons many drag the lawsuits out over years is due to the hopefulness that the lawsuit is dropped or settled out of court. Many people will take the settlement unless they really have the time to wait for a trail and judge or jury to determine their fate.
Introduction
There are many individuals in the world who will always take a chance in life to see if they can sue an individual for what they may have feel their rights have been violated. In the case of Stella Liebeck and the lawsuits she had against McDonalds made national headline and many around the world was aware of this lawsuit. Stella Liebeck believed she was violated in being burned due to the coffee she was served was too hot and it caused third degree burns to her a large amount of her body. Many refer to Stella Liebeck lawsuit to be a frivolous lawsuit and should have never gone to court. Roy Pearson decided to sue a dry cleaning company due to false advertisement against the dry cleaning company, which did not provide “satisfaction guaranteed” and “same day service” to give fast service and where the company had lost Roy Pearson pants while in their care (Goldwasser, 2007). This made national news as well as the Stella Liebeck case. This lawsuit has been referred to as frivolous as well. There are many people that will agree that
February 18, 2014
UMUC
MBA 610
Executive Summary
Everyone in the world is always suing one another or companies to either get rich quick or to prove a point. Many companies will settle out of court if they are wrong or not to prevent bad publicity that may affect them financially with an active lawsuit that will make the news. The laws should have regulations on lawsuits. Lawsuits can be dragged out for years and can affect both parties financially and mentally. For instance, the Chungs are being sued by Roy Pearson and the Chungs suffered and almost lost everything due to lawsuit in legal fees and the loss of business (Takruri, 2007). The reasons many drag the lawsuits out over years is due to the hopefulness that the lawsuit is dropped or settled out of court. Many people will take the settlement unless they really have the time to wait for a trail and judge or jury to determine their fate.
Introduction
There are many individuals in the world who will always take a chance in life to see if they can sue an individual for what they may have feel their rights have been violated. In the case of Stella Liebeck and the lawsuits she had against McDonalds made national headline and many around the world was aware of this lawsuit. Stella Liebeck believed she was violated in being burned due to the coffee she was served was too hot and it caused third degree burns to her a large amount of her body. Many refer to Stella Liebeck lawsuit to be a frivolous lawsuit and should have never gone to court. Roy Pearson decided to sue a dry cleaning company due to false advertisement against the dry cleaning company, which did not provide “satisfaction guaranteed” and “same day service” to give fast service and where the company had lost Roy Pearson pants while in their care (Goldwasser, 2007). This made national news as well as the Stella Liebeck case. This lawsuit has been referred to as frivolous as well. There are many people that will agree that