I’ve handled thousands of lawsuits in like 30 for your practice in Albuquerque and one of my favorite cases of food appliance was Starlily back a 79-year-old woman who adjustability of Tucson to be near her family and she and her grandson purchased a couple coffee at McDonald’s here in Albuquerque one morning and they pulled over in the parking lot so that she could and stopped so that she could take the lid off of the coffee and put some creamer in it unfortunately it’s spelled in her lap she was
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CASE 10.2 Hot Coffee at McDonald’s First of all let’s clarify what is the story is‚ what are the facts? There was this woman (Stella Liebeck) who poured a cup of coffee (Mc Coffee) into her lap. Because of that she suffered third-degree burns. Her medical expenses worth $10‚000 and the and of the case she got $ 2.7 million. Sounds a bit strange isn’t it?! Here come my ethical problems. Did her permanent scars‚ the $10‚000 medical bill and all that torture she went through worth that
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The McDonald’s Coffee Case Back in 1992 when Stella Liebeck spilled McDonald’s coffee on herself‚ she never intended to sue. She simply asked for money to cover her medical charges and for the time her daughter was out of work caring for her. When she received an inadequate response from McDonald’s‚ that’s when she sought an attorney. This case has turned out to be one of the most misunderstood cases of our times. In Stella Liebeck’s defense‚ it can be said that McDonald’s should not have been
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& Savage‚ 2010‚ pg 251). In order to prove an intentional tort‚ the following conditions must be met: 1) Intent 2) Voluntary act by the defendant 3) Causation 4) Injury or Harm. The following tort cases‚ Pearson v. Chung and Liebeck v. McDonalds‚ have been a pinnacle “poster child” for tort reform in the United States. In 2002‚ frivolous lawsuits cost taxpayers over $233 billion (Insideprison.com‚ 2006). What is considered a frivolous lawsuit? It is when an attorney files a
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was meant to back big business and take away the rights of Americans who are wronged by these corporations. From a sociologist standpoint I can especially see the concerns of a conflict theorist because this is capitalism at its best. When Stella Liebeck sued McDonalds for a cup of hot coffee that she spilled on herself‚ a lot of people originally viewed the situation as a joke and as a plan for someone to get rich quick. Before watching the documentary I had no knowledge of the incident and thought
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documentary Hot Coffee by Susan Saladoff was exceptionally inspiring to contemplate the commonly accepted ideas on the United States legal system. Hot Coffee begins by clarifying the truth behind the lawsuit of Liebeck v. McDonalds Restaurants. After presenting what really happened to Stella Liebeck‚ the documentary leads into the tort reform movement that has been confining civil rights since the beginning. Showing how dissembled the tort reform has been‚ Hot Coffee presents the spilled coffee case and
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disagree with. In 1992‚ Stella Liebeck‚ a 72-year-old woman‚ went through her local McDonald’s drive-thru to get a cup of coffee. The coffee spilled on her lap‚ resulting in third-degree burns on her thighs. Her injuries caused her to sue McDonald’s. In the beginning‚ she offered to settle the case for $20‚000‚ which would have covered her medical expenses and her lost income. McDonald’s‚ however‚ never offered any more than $800. The case went to trial. The jury found Liebeck partially-liable‚ which
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shocked and a bit embarrassed to discover I did not understand the facts of the case as I thought I did. 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 the Liebeck case are McDonald’s handling of the case‚ the actions of Miss Liebeck that attributed to the incident‚ and the legal proceedings and outcome of the case. McDonalds
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The product liability lawsuit that I will discuss is Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants. This case got national recognition and became a flash point in the debate in the U.S. over tort reform after a jury awarded $2.9 million to Stella Liebeck. In February 1992‚ Seventy-nine-year-old Stella Liebeck of Albuquerque‚ New Mexico‚ was sitting in the passenger seat when her grandson drove his car through a McDonald’s drive-thru window. Ms. Liebeck ordered coffee that was served in a McDonald’s Styrofoam
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The legal issues presented in this film are as follows: the effects of the media on citizens to ridicule lawsuits such as Stella Liebeck’s‚ the effects of limiting the amount of money that can be awarded by a jury in damages to the plaintiff otherwise known as caps on damages‚ such as the case of Colin Gourley‚ the corporations’ influence and power in judicial elections as well as the extent they will go to as experienced by Oliver Diaz‚ and the effects of mandatory arbitration in the work place
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