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Case Study of Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants, P.T.S., Inc. [New Mexico District Court, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, 1994] Executive Summary The Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants case, also known as the hot coffee lawsuit, was a controversial case 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…

The Liebeck case came about during the tort reform movement, which wanted to limit the monetary damages a person could collect. (Forell, 2011). This movement was supported by McDonald’s and other companies who were on the receiving end of many lawsuits. (Forell, 2011). However, that movement took a big hit with Liebeck. In February 1992, Stella Liebeck was a passenger in her nephew’s vehicle and they made a stop at the McDonald’s drive through. (Cain, 2007). Liebeck purchased a cup of coffee…

Baum, the author of the “American Court”, explains that any personal incident that produces a significant physical injury or costly property damage might seem likely to go to court, 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…

How the Brain works... Have you ever wondered what an individual’s brain works before they begin to abuse different substances? The Brain is an organ in the body that is capable of many, many things in all reality the brain controls your every movement thought and everything that you do in life. You can’t even do a simple task without your brain telling you how to do it, things even such as breathing. Then to think how all of this can change just by deciding to abuse drugs or alcohol. It…

Football and the NFL, over the past few decades it has evolved in to a juggernaut across the country. An argument can be made now that it has surpassed baseball as America’s national past time. Its championship game the Superbowl has pretty much become a national holiday. The NFL is made up of 32 teams and those teams play in a 17-week season, plus the playoffs. According to the NFL’s website, each of those games generates millions and millions of dollars for the NFL, so much the sport generates…

(AGG) “Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.” a quote from Alan Dershowitz which connects directly to the novel. (BS-1) Similarly, an act of pragmatic collateral damage caused Najmah to lose and subsequently search out her family. (BS-2) This same empirical bombing prompts Najmah’s distrust of people. (BS-3) Finally, a practical bombing kills Faiz, creating lack of communication which causes Nusrat to…

newspaper, but it almost happened to a former NFL football player, Dave Kocourek (Segura). During a professional football game, many players are at risk for suffering concussions. Repeated blows to the head and violent contacts can lead to severe brain damage, which might cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Some solutions that can decrease the risks of brain injuries are to improve helmets, provide more information about the risks of injuries, change rules for kickoff, change the…

athletes are facing. Allowing an athlete to resume their activity while having a head injury is a poor decision because the athlete already has encountered brain damage and it could get worse if injured again. Throughout the years student athletes become more prone to concussions due to the fact that they lack recognition that brain damage has occurred, and the reliability of self-reporting symptoms. Article 1 states that when an athlete's coach says "he had his bell rung" it can tell the…

for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 1.7 million people in the United States have a traumatic brain injury each year. Brain injury can be defined as something that isn’t hereditary, degenerative, or present at birth that causes damage to the brain. The most common types of brain injury are traumatic brain injury, concussion, and stroke. Brain injuries cause “changes in metabolism and function of cells not only in close proximity to the dying tissue but also in more remote…

it cannot be overlooked. If a problem is growing how can it be exaggerated? The NFL needs to address concussions before it gets out of hand. Overall the NFL should pay more attention to the concussion issue to pretect players from traumatic brain damage. The NFL should do more to protect players from constantly taking hits, endorse safer helmets, and change the return time for players. The National Football League should strongly consider paying more attention to the concussion issue in order to…