Slash and burn

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…

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…

Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin. In 1893, this short story was published as “The Father of Desiree’s Baby” in a magazine. Madame Valmonde and Monsieur adopted Desiree for the reason she was found abandoned when she was just a little girl. As she grew older, she found the love of her life, Armand as they had so much love for one another. They had a child, and as soon as they had the baby, the relationship turned out to be bitter and complicated. After a few months passed, Armand and Desiree…

books and how books changed society. Beatty discovered that Montag had been using a device that looked like a seashell to communicate with someone. Captain Beatty is killed by the very thing that made him who he was. Montag burns him with a flamethrower and continues to burn him even after he’s had enough. The mechanical hound and Montag also have a falling out. Montag burned the mechanical hound with fire and its pieces and parts broke. Montag says his leg feels numb and like a burnt pine log…

When To Call An Emergency Electrician When it comes to electrical issues, you never want to wait to get them fixed. Even if an electrical issue seems harmless on the surface, by letting the issue go unfixed you are actually putting you and your family at risk (and possibly other people if the issue results in an electrical fire that spreads). But, what exactly constitutes an electrical emergency? Realistically, you should always get an electrical issue looked at ASAP no matter how small, but…

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…

JACKSONS ZONES OF TISSUE INJURY Jackson’s Burn Wound Model provides a model for understanding the pathophysiology of a burn wound. Primary injury is the zone of coagulation nearest to the heat source . This zone has irreversible tissue necrosis at the centre of the burn due to exposure to heat, chemicals or electricity. The extent of the injury is dependent on the duration and the temperature of exposure . Zone of Ischaemia is the zone surrounding the central zone of necrosis in which there…

Most people associate the Liebeck v. McDonald’s case, better known as “the hot coffee lawsuit,” with the very worst of our justice system, frivolous actions brought by greedy plaintiffs with the hopes of winning the lawsuit lottery. However, it’s one thing to hear and another thing to see. Everybody knows, or they think they know the McDonald’s case. Although, the documentary “Hot Coffee” shows how people had wrong perceptions. Just merely hearing the sentence that a lady sued McDonald’s for 2.9…

complete between 4,000 and 5,000 prescribed fires annually. Approximately 99% of those burns were 'successful,' in that they did not report escapes or near misses. This can be viewed as an excellent record, especially given the elements of risk and uncertainty associated with prescribed fire." So this report analyzes when prescribed fires went out of control and gives us the statistic that 99% of those burns were successful. So you could use that as proof and evidence, if you're writing in…