Business law
MGMT 310
Hot Coffee Essay
3-31-13
Hot Coffee
This film was very interesting to watch. It made me realize how many frivolous lawsuits that have occurred. The Stella Liebeck case was huge example. Yes I understand she suffered third degree burns and had to be hospitalized for a week or so to recover but it could have possibly been prevented. The right thing to do would be to be careful when handling the cup of hot coffee. The cup itself says to be careful and why would anyone put a cup of hot coffee in between their legs especially being in the passenger seat where one could actually hold the cup in their hands which would have possibly prevented her from spilling hot coffee all over herself. The media won’t tell you that the actually cup itself melted from the hot coffee and therefore doesn’t give those who question this case a chance to see what really happened. This film seems to give a broad layout of what actually took place and why Stella Liebeck should be awarded for damages.
Let’s just say that the cup actually broke on its own while she was holding it, then that would be a different story. Then the lawsuit would make more sense to most people and she should be granted some kind of payment for her damages. Although McDonalds had over seven hundred complaints of hot coffee, the company itself doesn’t tell their customers when to drink it. If the coffee is too hot then wait a little while till it gets cooler. If the coffee at McDonalds is too hot for someone then go somewhere else. In this case the coffee actually was too hot for the cup itself to actually handle and led to Stella Liebeck to suffer from third degree burns.
The media will always makes things worse than what they actually are. People will listen to and believe everything the media says without actually knowing the facts. Stella Liebeck is probably disliked by many because of assumptions people make about her case in thinking that she just wants to cash in on a huge chunk of change
Hot Coffee Essay
3-31-13
Hot Coffee
This film was very interesting to watch. It made me realize how many frivolous lawsuits that have occurred. The Stella Liebeck case was huge example. Yes I understand she suffered third degree burns and had to be hospitalized for a week or so to recover but it could have possibly been prevented. The right thing to do would be to be careful when handling the cup of hot coffee. The cup itself says to be careful and why would anyone put a cup of hot coffee in between their legs especially being in the passenger seat where one could actually hold the cup in their hands which would have possibly prevented her from spilling hot coffee all over herself. The media won’t tell you that the actually cup itself melted from the hot coffee and therefore doesn’t give those who question this case a chance to see what really happened. This film seems to give a broad layout of what actually took place and why Stella Liebeck should be awarded for damages.
Let’s just say that the cup actually broke on its own while she was holding it, then that would be a different story. Then the lawsuit would make more sense to most people and she should be granted some kind of payment for her damages. Although McDonalds had over seven hundred complaints of hot coffee, the company itself doesn’t tell their customers when to drink it. If the coffee is too hot then wait a little while till it gets cooler. If the coffee at McDonalds is too hot for someone then go somewhere else. In this case the coffee actually was too hot for the cup itself to actually handle and led to Stella Liebeck to suffer from third degree burns.
The media will always makes things worse than what they actually are. People will listen to and believe everything the media says without actually knowing the facts. Stella Liebeck is probably disliked by many because of assumptions people make about her case in thinking that she just wants to cash in on a huge chunk of change