Hot Coffee Case: Mc Donald V. Stella Liebeck

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After reading many articles on both of the Hot coffee cases, I believe that in the Mc Donald v. Stella Liebeck , she deserved the compensation she received from McDonald due to the fact that prior to her case more than 700 people had complaints towards McDonald’s because of the coffee. Therefore, McDonalds had not had the warning on its coffee cups to alert people. (Pg. 97 of the textbook) yet in the recent case with the police officer in North Carolina, I feel that it is his has to take resaponalty for his actions. Agreeing with the discussion on the talkingpointdmemo.com responded to the case stated that “Exactly. If Starbucks can prove their coffee was the temperature required by law, this guy is barking up the wrong tree. I’m sorry his

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