GDB - 1 Negligence

ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE: Thursday, 3/24/2016 at 3:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Scenario: In the early 1990s, Stella Liebeck, 79, ordered a cup of coffee at McDonald’s. She accidentally spilled the coffee on her lap and suffered serious burns. She sued McDonald’s for negligence, among other things.
Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants, P.T.S., Inc., No. D-202 CV 93 02419, 1995 WL 360309 [Bernalillo County, N.M. Dist. Ct. August 18, 1994).

Assignment Requirement

Create a presentation using PowerPoint (2 to 4 slides) that will highlight the strengths and identifies the legal claims or defenses that relate to negligence, in support of the plaintiff Liebeck, to successfully state a claim of negligence against the defendant’s case McDonald’s. All sources must be cited in APA format.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

1. Identify all the all key facts provided in the case study.

2. Propose additional assumed facts that could theoretically affect the legal analysis or defense.

The resources below will inform your discussion above to create the presentation:

• The Actual Facts about the McDonald’s Coffee Case
• The McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case
• Leibeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants: The Original Coffee Product Liability Case

ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE: Thursday, 3/24/2016 at 3:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)