Case Analysis

Case Analysis

Introduction

This paper intends to discuss the different cases related to product liability aspect of the consumer protection and the business environment. It is essential to analyze that the cases along the lines of businesses are always important to analyze because businesses are directly involved with the interests of customers. There are different laws which prevail in order to safeguard the rights of consumers. The consumer law, tort laws and the product liability laws are the important ones to focus in this regard. This particular paper will revolve around the case of Liebeck v. McDonald's. This case is an important one to analyze the basic essence of the cases related to consumers' protection. Various other cases like Pearson v. Chung and Apple against Samsung will also be highlighted in order to provide a complete overview of the significance of the cases related to the consumers' laws. These cases provide an intense guideline to the businesses in order to make sure that the businesses do not forgo the interests of customers while concentrating more over their own business revenues and profits.

The cases are discussed mainly because they provide efficient examples to the readers about the working procedures of the legal systems. The legal systems are made to ensure that the rights of both; the individual plaintiffs and the corporations; are fully protected. The entire process involved within the judgment of the cases tends to provide equal opportunities to both the parties to provide their arguments and present the judges with the evidences. The judges consider the arguments and the evidences of all the parties involved within the lights of laws related to the domain of every case. The paper will focus over the different cases and the efficiency of their decisions.

Decisions of Jury

The decisions of the jury tend to revolve around the arguments made by the parties and also the evidences provided by the parties. Further, the judgments are made on the basis of the laws related to the parameters of the case. The case of Liebeck v. McDonalds seems to be one of the most famous cases in relation with the product liability or tort law. All these laws are important to be considered within this case because these laws tend to deal with the protection of the consumers. The McDonalds case is famous within United States of America mainly because it was assumed to be frivolous. The plaintiff within this case Stella Lieback suffered from third degree burns due to the coffee she purchased from McDonalds. She presented the courts with the evidences that the coffee was not and was capable to damage the skin, flesh and muscle of human and was scalding too (Jed, 2000).

The jury viewed all the evidences provided by Stella Lieback in the light of tort law and product liability laws. After analyzing all the arguments, evidences and weighing them in the light of prevailing and relevant laws; the decision of jury was to aware millions of dollars to Stella Lieback for ...