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
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MGMT 310 Hot Coffee Essay 3-31-13 Hot Coffee This film was very interesting to watch. It made me realize how many frivolous lawsuits that have occurred. The Stella Liebeck case was huge example. Yes I understand she suffered third degree burns and had to be hospitalized for a week or so to recover but it could have possibly been prevented. The right thing to do would be to be careful when handling the cup of hot coffee. The cup itself says to be careful and why would anyone put a cup of
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insurance premiums.” The idea of tort reform originated from large corporations “seeking to minimize losses against them” (Nockelby). The problem of tort reform lies inherently in its origination: if companies successfully curtail their abilities to be sued for large amounts of money‚ even if a large award to a plaintiff is warranted‚ the civil court system loses its power to bring justice to the average citizen. One of the central ideas of the pro-tort reform argument is that “frivolous lawsuits” are
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1. What are the major issues in the Liebeck case and in the following incidents? Was the lawsuit “frivolous” as some people thought‚ or serious business? The major issues in this case include how hot the coffee should be‚ when to draw the line on making a case outrageous and how corporations are supposed to please customers without worrying about being sued. I believe that the lawsuit was frivolous because of the amount of money that was being asked for. It is common sense that when you order coffee
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frivolous. One of those cases is the McDonald’s split coffee case. This is the case where the plaintiff spilled her coffee and was rumored to sue McDonald’s for 2.7 million dollars and win. The other’s case is the Pearson dry cleaning case where a man sued Chung Dry Cleaner’s 54 million dollars for losing his pants. The plaintiff won in the McDonald’s Case and the Plaintiff lost in the Dry clearance’s case. In this paper we are going to dissect each case by the facts‚ the law‚ the issues‚ the ethical
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February 27 1992 Stella Lieback of Albuquerque New Mexico was driven through the mc Donald’s drive through by her grandson and she ordered a coffee she was given the coffee in a Styrofoam cup . Where then she spilled some coffee on her sweat pants and was severely burned. She received 3rd degree burns from the coffee. She proceeded to sue McDonalds for her injuries. Below I will list all the current facts presented that would be used to sustain her case in the court system. Stella was the passenger
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Researching Tort Cases of Liebeck v. McDonalds and Pearson v. Chung The law defines a “frivolous” lawsuit as “presenting no debatable question” to the court. The tort cases Liebeck verses McDonalds and Pearson verses Chung were both highly publicized cases that were coined as “frivolous” lawsuits that have a negative impact on the economy and the way we conduct ourselves in society. According to Phillip Howard‚ Chairman of Common Goods‚ a legal reform coalition‚ Tort claims cost the country hundreds
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56 U. Miami L. Review‚ 113 (2000); A similar situation in J&M Parsons v. McDonalds‚ 698 N.E.2d 516 (1998) Here is a somewhat fuller explanation of Stella Liebeck ’s suit against McDonalds. As you will see‚ the coffee temperature can cause third degree burns in a matter of seconds‚ McDonalds had settled many other cases before Stella ’s (and she initially only sought a small amount of money for her daughter ’s time away from work and her own medical expenses)‚ McDonald ’s lawyer in closing
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involved in a number of lawsuits and other legal cases‚ most of which involved trademark disputes. The company has threatened many food businesses with legal action unless it drops the Mc or Mac from trading names. In one noteworthy case‚ McDonald’s sued a Scottish café owner called McDonald‚ even though the business in question dated back over a century (Sheriff Court Glasgow and Strathkelvin‚ November 21‚ 1952). On September 8‚ 2009‚ McDonald’s Malaysian operations lost a lawsuit to prevent another
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resulted in identifiable losses? (Melvin‚2011) A perfect example would be the case of Stella Liebeck against McDonalds. This is something my wife and I talked about when it first happened. We felt that to sue a company over coffee being hot was absurd. Coffee is typically hot that’s common sense‚ however after learning how badly Ms Liebeck was injured I have definitely changed my views on this case. Ms Liebeck spilled her coffee on herself which caused her to get burned. She sustained 3rd degree
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