Rest Of The Story . . . By Kevin G. Cain* The McDonald’s Coffee Lawsuit 14 Journal of Consumer & Commercial Law omehow‚ somewhere along the way‚ the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit became the poster child for frivolous lawsuits. Who hasn’t taken a crack at this lawsuit for the sake of furthering their own cause? David Letterman and numerous other comedians have exploited this case as the punch-line to countless jokes.1 One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes involves Cosmo Kramer suing Java World
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OSHA Lawsuit The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana against a Helena-based company named Kbec Inc. in January 2013. Kbec Inc. is a Dairy Queen franchisee that‚ “illegally terminated an employee for making complaints regarding workplace violence at the company ’s facility.” (Todd & Rodriguez‚ 2013). In this article‚ there are no details given on what was the nature of the complaints filed by the employee originally‚ however‚ searching
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An Alabama-based law firm filed a class action suit against Taco Bell in February 2011. The law firm claims Taco Bell was falsely advertising their taco meat claiming it was only 35% beef. The firm was not seeking any form of monetary value‚ rather it was made very clear they would drop the lawsuit as long as Taco Bell changes their marketing strategy and clears up any false advertisements (Schreiner‚ 2011). Within 24 hours of the lawsuit becoming public‚ Taco Bell had a meeting with its crisis
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The company in my state that was involved in a lawsuit is RGIS. Some of the factors related to this case is not being paid for transportation to and from inventory sites‚ time spent waiting to start inventory‚ and not given itemized wage statements. RGIS is an inventory chain who is guided by a set of core values that helped them grow from a small‚ regional operation to a global leader serving many of the largest companies on the planet. It was founded by Thomas Nicholson in 1958 and I
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To win a defamation lawsuit there are four elements that the plaintiff must prove; Defamation which are factual statements that are likely to harm someone’s reputation. The police officers argued that Mosby made statements that they deliberately ignored Grey’s injuries and cries for help. They stated in their lawsuit that this statement is defamatory because “they exposed Plaintiffs to public scorn‚ hatred and contempt‚ and thereby discouraging others in the community from having a favourable opinion
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the CKI‚ Calvin Klein brand‚ filing a lawsuit on May 30‚ 2000 against the Warnaco Group in their wrong doings in their license agreement. The suit was made because of the Warnaco Group breaching its jeanswear licensing and distribution contract‚ resulting in diluting the equity of CKI’s brand. Having caught hold to CKI’s allegations that didn’t represent Warnaco morals and company values‚ they soon filed a countersuit against CKI. The Warnaco company lawsuit denied all trademark dilution and wrongfully
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Local Lawsuit Shari Hart July 25‚ 2012 School of Business 1. Summarize the actions that lead to the lawsuit. 2. Discuss what management could have done in terms of risk management to have prevented the events that lead to the lawsuit. 3. Discuss the ethical considerations reflected in the laws applicable to this case. 4. Determine which sources
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I. PEPSI CORPORATION HISTORY The Pepsi-Cola story began in a drugstore in New Bern‚ North Carolina‚ USA in 1896. Caleb Davis Bradham‚ a pharmacist‚ owned a drugstore named Bradham Drug Company in downtown New Bern. Like many of the drug stores at the time‚ Bradham’s store also housed a soda fountain. Here‚ Bradham offered his own soda concoctions which attracted most of the small-town folks. On August 28‚ 1898‚ Bradham invented a new recipe‚ blending kola nut extract‚ vanilla and “rare oils.”
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Future Field Trip As a cadet teacher‚ I have the chance to work with some amazing students. I get to see what life is like for a teacher. I am a cadet teacher for a physical education class .My mentor and I have the opportunity to plan a field trip for the classroom I am working in. There are a few steps I have to go through to plan this trip. First‚ a destination has to be chosen. I have chosen to take the students to the public YMCA. The YMCA is a pretty big place so the students would be in
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used by gun owners‚ and gun associations‚ to distinguish the danger of the weapon from the danger of the owner. One significant factor that plays into this discussion is the ownership and use of large-capacity magazines. Those who posses these high-volume magazines now have the ability to shoot large numbers of ammunition before having to stop and reload. Not only is the ownership of large capacity magazines unjustified for our modern society‚ but it also allows for tragic shootings and continued street
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