Unhealthy Lunches

Assignment 2: Unhealthy Lunches

Drive

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In Don’s fast food restaurant sells the most delicious burgers in town at the most

affordable price. Elementary and high schools in the vicinity have contracted with the restaurant

to serve burgers during lunch hour. However, the county health depart

ment’s one

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year study

shows that children from these schools have the highest cholesterol, are the most obese, and are

the least active.

George and Mary’s son, Randall, 12, attends one of the schools where Drive

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In Don’s foods are

served. He suffers from e

xtreme obesity and high cholesterol and runs the risk of diabetes.

George and Mary have sued Drive

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In Don’s and the school, alleging that Drive

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In Don’s is

engaging in illegal deceptive advertising of its foods and is not truthful to customers. Further, th

e

lawsuit states that the restaurant purposely fails to provide consumers details of the ingredients of

its food products.

Research consumer protection laws and regulations, using your textbook, the Argosy University

online library resources, and the Inter

net. Based on the facts of the case and research, write an

analytical paper (approximately 4

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5 pages). In the paper, respond to the following questions:

·

Do George and Mary have a case? What are their strongest legal argu

ments? Explain.

·

What defense(s), if any, do the school and the restaurant have? Explain.

·

Can the government agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) help the

plaintiffs in any way? Explain.

Write a 4

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5

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page paper in Word format. Apply APA st

andards for writing style to your work.

Assignment 2: Unhealthy Lunches

Drive-In Don’s fast food restaurant sells the most delicious burgers in town at the most

affordable price. Elementary and high schools in the vicinity have contracted with the restaurant

to serve burgers during lunch hour. However, the county health department’s one-year study

shows that children from these schools have the highest cholesterol, are the most obese, and are

the least active.

George and Mary’s son, Randall, 12, attends one of the schools where Drive-In Don’s foods are

served. He suffers from extreme obesity and high cholesterol and runs the risk of diabetes.

George and Mary have sued Drive-In Don’s and the school, alleging that Drive-In Don’s is

engaging in illegal deceptive advertising of its foods and is not truthful to customers. Further, the

lawsuit states that the restaurant purposely fails to provide consumers details of the ingredients of

its food products.

Research consumer protection laws and regulations, using your textbook, the Argosy University

online library resources, and the Internet. Based on the facts of the case and research, write an

analytical paper (approximately 4-5 pages). In the paper, respond to the following questions:

 Do George and Mary have a case? What are their strongest legal arguments? Explain.

 What defense(s), if any, do the school and the restaurant have? Explain.

 Can the government agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) help the

plaintiffs in any way? Explain.

Write a 4-5-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards for writing style to your work.