Reflection on the 7th Amendment

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For this assignment you are going to watch the film Hot Coffee and then address two questions:

Did the victims in the four cases featured in the film get justice?First, give a summary of the case and the harm done to the victims in each caseThen give your opinion on whether or not you believe the outcome in each case to be fairShould the 7th Amendment be incorporated to all the states? Right now, the 7th Amendment allows a jury for civil trials only in federal cases. If the 7th Amendment were incorporated to the states, citizens in all fifty states could sue and be guaranteed a jury in civil cases. In Stella Liebecks case against McDonalds, she had a jury trial because the state of New Mexico continues to give citizens this right.

Incorporation of the 7th Amendment would not eliminate all arbitration, which parties could still agree to pursue. It would end FORCED arbitration where employees and consumers are routinely required to settle their cases in a rent-a-court that is most often controlled by the business or corporation or other entity that is being sued. The Seventh Amendment would challenge the long-standing practice of forced arbitration and open up state courts to trial by jury as a civil right at the state level.

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