documentary Hot Coffee by Susan Saladoff was exceptionally inspiring to contemplate the commonly accepted ideas on the United States legal system. Hot Coffee begins by clarifying the truth behind the lawsuit of Liebeck v. McDonalds Restaurants. After presenting what really happened to Stella Liebeck‚ the documentary leads into the tort reform movement that has been confining civil rights since the beginning. Showing how dissembled the tort reform has been‚ Hot Coffee presents the spilled coffee case and
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disagree with. In 1992‚ Stella Liebeck‚ a 72-year-old woman‚ went through her local McDonald’s drive-thru to get a cup of coffee. The coffee spilled on her lap‚ resulting in third-degree burns on her thighs. Her injuries caused her to sue McDonald’s. In the beginning‚ she offered to settle the case for $20‚000‚ which would have covered her medical expenses and her lost income. McDonald’s‚ however‚ never offered any more than $800. The case went to trial. The jury found Liebeck partially-liable‚ which
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shocked and a bit embarrassed to discover I did not understand the facts of the case as I thought I did. 1. What are the major issues in the Liebeck case and in the following incidents? Was the lawsuit “frivolous” as some people thought‚ or serious business? The major issues in the Liebeck case are McDonald’s handling of the case‚ the actions of Miss Liebeck that attributed to the incident‚ and the legal proceedings and outcome of the case. McDonalds
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The product liability lawsuit that I will discuss is Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants. This case got national recognition and became a flash point in the debate in the U.S. over tort reform after a jury awarded $2.9 million to Stella Liebeck. In February 1992‚ Seventy-nine-year-old Stella Liebeck of Albuquerque‚ New Mexico‚ was sitting in the passenger seat when her grandson drove his car through a McDonald’s drive-thru window. Ms. Liebeck ordered coffee that was served in a McDonald’s Styrofoam
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The legal issues presented in this film are as follows: the effects of the media on citizens to ridicule lawsuits such as Stella Liebeck’s‚ the effects of limiting the amount of money that can be awarded by a jury in damages to the plaintiff otherwise known as caps on damages‚ such as the case of Colin Gourley‚ the corporations’ influence and power in judicial elections as well as the extent they will go to as experienced by Oliver Diaz‚ and the effects of mandatory arbitration in the work place
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Damages 3. Judicial Elections 4. Mandatory Arbitration The first exhibit was centered on public relations and featured the case that gave the movie its name‚ the Stella Liebeck v. McDonalds case in New Mexico. The information presented on this case was astonishing. After listening to the “real” details of what happened to Mrs. Liebeck‚ I felt like a complete dummy. There was a section of this exhibit in which they were interviewing random people on the street to see what
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And Now‚ The 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
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the World* Summary The case Stella Liebeck v. McDonald is one of the most talked about consumer lawsuit‚ sparking interest in people of not only the United States‚ but across the globe. Those who have studied the case in details pity the‚ at the time‚ 79 years old Stella Leibeck and those who are have only studied the synopsis of this case‚ find her lawsuit outrageous and frivolous. In either case‚ virtually everyone who has heard this case has an opinion of Stella Leibeck and her lawsuit against
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by an older lady by the name Stella Liebeck‚ who purchased a 49 cent cup of coffee at the New Mexico franchise. She purchased it through the drive-thru and while her grand son drove‚ she opened the lid while the cup was between legs to add sugar and cream. The opening of the lid was that action that caused as serious problem for McDonald’s‚ by doing so she spilled coffee on her lap. Even though coffee is know to be hot this one was a little more than hot‚ Mrs. Liebeck endured third degree burns form
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destruction of skin‚ flesh and muscle. Here’s the whole story. Stella Liebeck of Albuquerque‚ New Mexico‚ was in the passenger seat of her grandson’s car when she was severely burned by McDonalds’ coffee in February 1992. Liebeck‚ 79 at the time‚ ordered coffee that was served in a styrofoam cup at the drivethrough window of a local McDonalds. After receiving the order‚ the grandson pulled his car forward and stopped momentarily so that Liebeck could add cream and sugar to her coffee. (Critics of civil
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