Meat Products Ltd (Meat) I s an Ontario-based food processing and distribution company. t t supplies deli
Question:
Meat Products Ltd (Meat) I s an Ontario-based food processing and distribution company. t t supplies deli meat and related products throughout Canada and parts of the United
States. Meat's CEO was appalled to discover that one of its production plants was contaminated with a bacterium that causes listeriosis-a serious, food-borne illness.
Around this same time, Jennifer Jones consumed a deli product made by Meat and became seriously ill with listeriosis. She contacted a lawyer who was immediately in touch with Meat. Now that Meat is aware of possible listeriosis contamination, what risk management steps should it take going forward? What factors are important I n determining what strategy or strategies it employs?" Assuming Jennifer makes the decision to sue Meat for negligence, what must she prove to succeed?
step 1: Read the case
Step 2: Carefully read the assignment at the end of the case
Step 3. a: Set out the elements that must be shown by the plaintiff for each potential cause of action
b: Analyse the case to determine whether each required element is present for each potential cause of action
- Demonstrate that your analysis and conclusions are based on established principles of law
- Show authority from case decisions or statutes for all propositions of law that could be disputed by contrary arguments – sometimes, the proposition is clear and there is no genuine basis for disputing your conclusion that the requirement is met given the facts of the case; sometimes, you will need to conduct primary legal research and extrapolate from decisions in earlier cases
Step 4: Note that sometimes it is also necessary to analyze whether there are defenses available that would eliminate or reduce the amount of liability
Step 5: Write up the case
- The write-up should present your analysis and conclusions, and end with your decision(s), showing that they are based on (and consistent with) your analysis
Also:
- Be sure to properly attribute all of the sources you rely on.
Advanced Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0137030385
6th edition
Authors: Thomas Beechy, Umashanker Trivedi, Kenneth MacAulay