Liebeck v Mcdonald's
Number of pages:
15
ABSTRACT:
A 15 page paper that provides an ethical analysis of this famous case of the spilled coffee. The facts are first related and discussed, including those that did not get published in the media. For example, Liebeck, the plaintiff, was not driving the car and the car was not in motion when the coffee spilled. Another example: more than 700 similar complaints, customers being burned by the coffee, had been made against McDonald's over the previous ten years. The basic tenets of product liability laws are then reported. This is followed by an analysis of the case in terms of the principle of utility (utilitarianism), and the principles of justice, rights and caring. The writer then comments on how they would have voted had they been on the jury and why. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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File: MM12_PGmcdcfe.rtf
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