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excessive hot coffee. Because of extreme hot coffee she got third degrees burn in her lap. In this case, Plaintiff has mentioned all the consequences and factual information to prove to jury that she got third degree burn from excessive hot coffee. She addressed 6% of her body was burned. Plaintiffs ' expert, a scholar in the thermodynamics applied to human skin burn testified that liquid, at 180 degrees will cause a full thickness burn to human skin within 7 second (“Consumer Attorney of…

Introduction “A Face First” by Priscilla Cummings, is the story of twelve year old Kelley Brennan who is involved in a horrific car accident and suffers several injuries including a broken leg and severe burns over a good part of her body. After the accident, Kelley has to suffer through a long and painful recovery including several surgeries and skin grafts. Kelley spends two months in the hospital and struggles with great physical pain and the realization that her life is forever changed by…

I. Introduction This is a civil action due to an incident involving a park ranger and UH graduate engineer and his friends at Hawaii State park. The main party being held liable in this civil suit is the UH graduate engineer. Defendant Michael Nishimoto (“Defendant” or “Michael”) argues that this is nothing more than an unfortunate campfire event that accidentally injured Lehua Ching (“Plaintiff” or “Mrs. Ching”), park ranger in her line of duty and he should not be held liable. Also, Defendant…

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ) COUNTY OF GREENVILLE ) FOR THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ) Carl Ameche, ) ) C.A. NO.: 2016-CP-23-999999 Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) COMPLAINT Margie Congden, Leroy Congden, ) (JURY TRIAL DEMANDED) and Maple Meadows Campground, ) ) Defendants…

because a lot of people know that they have legal remedies for personal injuries. We see this occurring in The McDonald’s Coffee Lawsuit also known as Liebeck v. McDonald Restaurants. Seventy-nine year old Stella Liebeck who suffered third degree burns over her inner tights and genital areas after she ordered and was served a hot coffee in McDonald’s. She attempted to remove the plastic lid from the cup by placing the cup between her knees. Before filing suit, Liebeck requested that McDonald…

This essay is about a 79-year-old woman, Stella Liebeck, who suffered third-degree burns on 6% of her skin in her pelvic region and knees, when she spilled her hot coffee bought at the McDonald's fast food restaurant, in California. Mrs. Liebeck sued the company and her lawyers argued that McDonald's coffee was defective, saying it was too hot with a high probability of causing serious injury, compared to coffee served in homes and other establishments. Caveat Emptor is a doctrine of…

that bad. One example of this is when Johnny and Pony rescued the children. As they had no parents to stop them, Johnny and Pony ran into the burning building to save the kids. It ended up being a rash, unhealthy decision as Johnny got third degree burns and ended up in the hospital for the rest of his life. But, they did end up saving four or five little kids from what Pony describes as “a red hell.” So their unhealthy choices did have some good endings…

If you had been on the jury, how would you have decided this case and why? In my opinion McDonalds was negligent, knowing they had received numerous other complaints from customers about the hot coffee and injuries sustained. McDonald was selling coffee at 180% which is hotter than the majority of restaurants and the customers’ expectations. Do the benefits of the hot coffee exceed the costs, where the costs are measured as the probability of an injury times the medical and other expenses of…

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) has been used for chronic wounds, like non healing diabetic ulcerations or dehisced surgical incisions. NPWT is quite successful for these types of wounds, but recently there has been a trend to use NPWT for burn victims. This paper summarizes a case of 5 patients who were burned in a dust explosion in Taiwan in 2015 and NPWT was used, not only to treat the wounds, but also to facilitate the skin grafting. NPWT was first approved for use by the Food and…

that happened in 1994, sparking debates across the United States over tort reform . The plaintiff of the case, a woman in her late 70s named Stella Liebeck, was awarded 2.86 million dollars after suffering horrendous third degree burns across her pelvic region. The burns were caused by coffee that was served at over 80°C, scalding Liebeck’s skin in mere seconds after the drink was spilled. In this case study, the facts will be laid out and the court’s decision analyzed. Opinions will then be…