Should the plaintiff have been allowed

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Read the attachment article and respond to the following questions.

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Question 1: What are the facts of the case?

Question 2: Should the plaintiff have been allowed to recover damages? What did she have to prove to recover? (what is the law?)
If so why? If not, why not?

Question 3: What are punitive damages? Should she have been allowed to recover punitive damages?

Question 4: What do you think about McDonald's offering to settle for $800?

Question 5: What has been the impact on the fast food industry of the result in this case?

Question 6: What did the case finally settle for? (this might take outside research).
Should these types of cases be allowed?

Reference no: EM133191990

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