We live an extremely litigious society. Someone steps on another person’s toe and the stepee (the one who got her foot stepped on) is ready to sue the stepper for a million dollars. Or worse, a manager at Walmart accidentally steps on a customer’s toe and the customer sues Walmart for 50 million dollars.  (No, that did not really happen . . . as far as I know).   If Courts did not allow such outlandish awards there would not be as many ridiculous lawsuits. Courts are going crazy and allowing people to sue for excessive awards. Read “Stella Liebeck” below, It is entitled "Thinking Things Through"

Discuss the case and your opinion (in general) about “Stella Awards. 

Using the Internet, find an example of someone suing for/or being awarded a huge sum of money (Stella Award) and summarize and discuss that case as well.  Warning:  Every website is NOT reputable.  Make sure you choose actual cases to discuss and not make-believe ones. 

Now that you know what Stella Awards are (and after whom they were named), do you think that the Stella Liebeck Case belongs in the Stella Awards Category?  Explain why or why not

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