Surname : Engüzel
Student Number : 130601178
LAW 107 LEGAL RESEARCH & WRITING I
Mid – Term Examination Project
Fall 2013 - 2014
The issue was between Louisa Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. Back at 1892 , There was a big influenza in United Kingdom caused over 1 million people get killed . Carbolic Smoke Ball Company made a cure which was a steam ball that u inhale 3 times in a day after two weeks time you can not get any influenza . Company made an advertisenment via newspaper named Pall Mall Gazette which was including all those details and claiming that it would pay £100 to anyone who got sick with influenza after using its product according to the instructions provided with it. Any disease caused by taking cold after using carbolic smoke balls three times daily for to weeks £100 will be rewarded by Carbolic Smoke Ball Company to any person who contracts the increasing epidemic influenza colds. £1000 is deposited with the Alliance Bank, showing our sincerity in the matter. During this tragic influenza many smoke ball has been sold any many families were already tried it but Mrs Louisa Elizabeth Carlill Saw the advertisenment bought one of the balls and used it for three times daily for 2 months after she catched the flu on January 1892. She proceed £100 from Smoke Ball Company. They ignored two letters sended by a solicitor but on a third request anonymous letter received by Mrs Carlill asked if she used smoke balls properly. Company had a complete comfidence on their product untill Mrs. Carlill brought a claim to the court. The barristers representing her argued that the advertisement and her reliance on it was a