to spend a week in hospital, which was followed by two years of treatment. Stella Liebeck asked McDonalds to compensate her for her medical costs of 11000 dollars, but the company offered only 800 dollars. Then the old lady went to court. A twelve-person jury found that McDonalds was 80 per cent responsible for the incident. They awarded Mrs Liebeck 640 000 dollars.
This lawsuit soon became a common joke between lawyers.
Lisa: The old lady suffered terrible pain and she only asked for compensation for her medical expenses to start with.
Gina: You may be right. But this case encouraged people to sue everybody for everything. They seem to think that suing is the only way to solve their problems.
Lisa: This is hard to believe.
Gina: You are right, but let me tell you about a few cases which I heard from my mum. Youll be amazed!
So, what have you understood from the conversation what is the theme of our lesson?
Today well speak about suing big companies.
3) Работа с текстами по теме
Lets read the conversation youve just heard and try to understand its essential facts. Write down the new words and expressions, youll need them to understand the idea of the texts.
a lawsuitсудебное дело
a judgeсудья
a witnessсвидетель
juryприсяжный, присяжные
a verdictприговор суда
evidenceсвидетельство
a crimeпреступление
A courtсуд
Defenceзащита
an incidentинцидент
to accuse smb of (doing) smthобвинять кого-либо в чём-либо
to claim smthзаявлять, утверждать что-либо
to sue smb for (doing) smthподавать в суд
notoriousпечально известный
guiltyвиновный
to awardприсудить
a camper vanмашина-дом на колёсах
What are the participants of the conversation spea
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