Ted Frank discusses tort reform in the student lounge Wednesday, October 14.
When a patron spills a cup of hot coffee on her pants, who should bear responsibility for the burns? What if a persons diet is centered on a particular restaurant’s food, should they be responsible for that person’s obesity?
What if a prank caller dupes a restaurant’s employees into lewd and indecent acts, should that restaurant be liable for “failure to train?”
Such are a few real-life fact-patterns Ted Frank discussed during his lecture “The Law of McDonald’s: Hot Coffee, Obesity and Prank Phone Calls,” hosted by the Federalist Society Wednesday, October 14.
The lecture focused on the “two opposing views of the tort system – whether you go to the direct cause or seek out something broader, encompassing parts party’s far away from the harm but with deeper pockets,” Frank said.
Frank discussed three notable cases against McDonald’s in a discussion on the current state of Tort liability in the court system. Frank asked the crowd how broad should the tort system be viewed – should all parties have a duty to one another, or, should we focus on the direct, proximate, cause of the injuries?
Students listen in as Ted Frank discusses the facts of a tort case involving McDonalds.
Ted Frank is a renowned expert on Tort reform. A 1994 Graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, he has appeared before Congress on issues of Tort Reform, as well as written for the WallStreet journal and various Law Reviews. He is formally a fellow at the Center for Class Action Fairness.
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