In this age of endless lawsuits and litigation from everyone suing everyone else‚ one must ask the question "where does product liability end and consumer responsibility begin?" This question has been further complicated by occurrences that stretch to the most far-reaching ends of this spectrum‚ the spectrum ranging from strict product liability of the company to complete consumer responsibility. On the strict product liability of the company side‚ we have the cigarette industry where the CEOs
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Product Liability Research Paper Shericia Bonnett Professor Kapalko LEG 500 – Law and Ethics In the Business Environment 09/09/2012 Consumers use a variety of products on a daily basis to assist them in accomplishing a task or completing a project and they expect the product to be properly designed and safe to use. However‚ in the event that a product is defective and causes injury to the person using it‚ the manufacturer may be liable for the injury and have to compensate the injured
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Pearson and McDonald’s Lawsuit Analysis Samantha Penico University of Maryland University College‚ AMBA 610 Executive Summary There are two major lawsuits which the main populace has defined as frivolous. One of those cases is the McDonald’s split coffee case. This is the case where the plaintiff spilled her coffee and was rumored to sue McDonald’s for 2.7 million dollars and win. The other’s case is the Pearson dry cleaning case where a man sued Chung Dry Cleaner’s 54 million dollars for
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A lawsuit filed October. 31 2014 in the U.S District Court in New Jersey has a lot of people in the consumer world talking. The Makers of Hellmann’s and Best Food brands of Mayonnaise‚ is accusing Hampton Creek Inc. of falsely advertising for calling its eggless spread‚ ‘mayo’. The corporate giant is demanding Hampton Creek change its labels of its Just Mayo products (which is currently an egg with a plant growing over it). Founded three years ago‚ Hampton Creek uses yellow peas instead of eggs in
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maximize the potential of all of our employees. 2. Communicating Sodexo’s Diversity Commitment Each year of the Decree‚ Sodexo shall publish an annual Diversity Report in brochure form comparable to the 2004 Annual Diversity and Inclusion Report. In this report‚ Sodexo shall reaffirm its commitment to diversity and shall include the Statement of Commitment to Diversity ("Statement"). Each year‚ Sodexo shall provide copies of the Diversity Report to its exempt employees. In addition‚ Sodexo shall
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Business Ethics Case BUS 415 February 26‚ 2012 Business Ethics Case: Lawsuits In every business ethics lawsuit there are many questions that must be answered. The first question that a person or organization wanting to sue must ask is if he or she has standing to sue. According to this law “the plaintiff must have some stake in the outcome of the lawsuit” (Cheeseman‚ 2010‚ p. 43). If the plaintiff does not have this they cannot bring the suit to court. The next question that must be determined
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The Snow Storm Lawsuit This case is about a lawsuit that generated from a small community hospital due to a snow storm. During the storm many hospital health care providers were unable to report to work due to the weather‚ and the Chief Executive Officer was vacationing in the Bahamas. In the meantime‚ many patients suffered from lack of care and injuries. As a result‚ many relatives of those patients decided to sue the hospital on their behalf after they died a year later for negligence‚ duty of
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ITGS-HL 04/09/12 Case Study on the Apple Lawsuit against Samsung: Intellectual property is defined as a work or invention that is the result of creativity‚ such as a document or a design‚ to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent/copyright/trademark. Apple has succeeded in winning a lawsuit against Samsung. This patent war between the two leading smart phone companies‚ ended up in Samsung having to pay apple more than $1bn in damages. This is a result of Samsung having
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IVC Filter lawsuits deal with the failure of IVC devices. The manufacturing company failed to warn physicians as well as patients about the side effects of these devices. Risks of breaking of filters and movements of metal fragments through the blood that may result in potential damage to an organ are on the rise these days. Here are four things that one needs to know about IVC filters lawsuits. 1. Status of IVC filter litigation The very first lawsuit was filed by Plaintiffs in Pennsylvania
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attorney from Paine Kilpatrick Coleman & Mahoney PC in Tacoma‚ WA discusses the possibilities. Settle Before a Lawsuit Is Filed If you and the owner of the animal share an understanding about the incident – i.e. who is liable‚ as well as the extend of the resulting damages and injuries – then a dog bite claim may be settled without legal intervention. Discovery & Motions Once a dog bite lawsuit is filed‚ the case enters the discovery phase‚ where each party
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