coffee spilled won a jury award of $2.9 million - or about two days ’ coffee sales for the fast-food chain. Lawyers for Stella Liebeck‚ 81‚ who suffered thirddegree burns in the 1992 incident‚ contended that McDonald ’s coffee was too hot. A state district court jury imposed $2.7 million in punitive damages and $160‚000 in compensatory damages Wednesday. Ken Wagner‚ one of Liebeck ’s attorneys‚ said that he had asked the jury for punitive damages equal to two days ’ worth of McDonald ’s coffee sales
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Business Law Case Study 4/16/10 Liebeck V McDonald’s Corporation The case of Liebeck V McDonald’s Corporation also known as “The McDonald’s coffee case” is a well known court case which caused a lot of controversy. In February of 1992‚ Stella Liebeck‚ a 79 year old woman from Albuquerque‚ New Mexico sued McDonald’s Corporation for suffering third-degree burns from their product. Mrs. Liebeck and her grandson visited a local McDonald’s drive-thru and ordered a cup of coffee. After pulling away
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Deloitte Sued for 7B in Mortgage Fraud Case By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New York Times September 26‚ 2011 MIAMI (AP) — A pair of lawsuits filed Monday claim that Deloitte & Touche LLP‚ one of the nation’s largest accounting firms‚ should pay $7.6 billion in damages for failing through years of audits to detect massive fraud at a now-defunct Florida mortgage company. "They certainly did not do their job‚" said attorney Steven Thomas‚ who represents those suing Deloitte. "This is one of those cases
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The Liebeck v. McDonald’s case was a product liability lawsuit filed by Stella Liebeck‚ a 79 year old woman who was burned by a scalding hot coffee. One Sunday afternoon in 1994‚ Stella Liebeck ordered a cup of coffee at a McDonald’s drive through in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico. As she sat alongside her grandson in a 1989 Ford Probe‚ Liebeck noticed that there were no cup holders on the passenger side. Acting quickly‚ Liebeck decided to put the coffee cup between her knees. When she removed the coffee
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the case of Stella Liebeck versus McDonald’s‚ resulting from Ms. Liebeck’s efforts to collect for damages sustained when she spilled extremely hot coffee into her lap in 1992. The issues‚ applicable laws and the conclusion the jury reached will also be covered as well as the subsequent impacts on American tort law following this decision. The facts in the Liebeck case start with the incident description as recounted by Aric Press in the March 20‚ 1995 issue of Newsweek. Ms. Liebeck was a recently
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Introduction This assignment is regarding the Liebeck vs McDonalds case back in 1992. The issues involved are discussed thoroughly as well as the difference between consumer protection laws in Malaysia and also the United States where the case took place. This assignment will also discuss the implications of the case and also businesses/consumers responsibility when handling accident prone products. Question 1 Major issues 1. The 180 degrees coffee caused full thickness or third degree
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Describe the company and the product safety issue that led to the lawsuit The name of this case in this report is the Liebeck v. McDonald’s. Restaurants and the court in which the lawsuit was filed was The Second Judicial District Court in Bernalillo County‚ New Mexico. The lawsuit was filed with the original complaint was filed on March 21‚ 1993‚ and the plaintiff only sued P.T.S.‚ Inc.‚ a New Mexico corporation and the local franchise operator. “McDonald’s coffee spill" tort case became a widely
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Stella McCartney 1. Stella McCartney is a long-life vegetarian and an animal rights activist‚ which is evident in her designs as she does not use any leather or fur in her designs. Stella’s style is elegant and feminine‚ but her style also involves power dressing‚ with womens suits‚ stiff jackets and feminine lingerie. Her designs focus heavily on emphasising strong prints such as leopard and floral. There is a feminine‚ schoolgirl touch to her designs‚ as she includes loveheart prints and lips
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KPMG Sued by New Century Trustee Over Subprime Lender’s Demise By Sophia Pearson - April 2‚ 2009 00:36 EDT April 2 (Bloomberg) -- KPMG International‚ which oversees the fourth-largest U.S. accounting firm‚ was sued by the trustee for bankrupt subprime lender New Century Financial Corp. over claims it failed in its role as “gatekeeper.” Negligent audits and reviews by KPMG LLP‚ the U.S. member firm of KPMG International‚ led to New Century’s collapse‚ according to lawsuits filed yesterday
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Katalin Csilla Burkovics English Literature and Culture I Noémi Najbauer 14 03 2009 Astrophil and Stella - Sonnet 1 Sir Philip Sydney was one of the greatest poets of the Elizabethan age. Astrophil and Stella‚ the first sonnet of the Astrophil and Stella sequence‚ which containes 108 sonnets and 11 songs‚ was written in the 1580s. The word ‘‘sonnet’’ comes from the Italian ‘‘sonetto’’ word‚ which means little song. As a genre‚ sonnet can be defined as a fourteen-lined lyric poem‚ written in
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