Ex.28 a) Work in pairs. Look at the cartoons A-E. Something is going wrong in each one. What is it?
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b) Read the newspaper articles 1-5 below. Match them to the cartoons.
1. A grandmother from Kansas City is suing a Florida theme park because she says that one of the attractions is too frightening. The plaintiff, Mrs Darlene Joel, refused the offer of a small out of court settlement. She has asked for $15,000 in damages for the emotional distress she suffered. However, the court is expected to turn down Mrs Joel's claim in the judgment later today. Her lawyers are already planning an appeal.
2. In March 2003, Mr Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City bought a new 10-metre Winnebago motor home. One his first trip, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and went into the back of the vehicle to make himself a cup of coffee. Within minutes, the motor home has crashed. Mr Grazinski was not hurt but he wanted his money back. In court, he insisted that he was not responsible. He pointed out that the instruction manual did not tell him to stay in the driver's seat when he was using cruise control. The manufacturers denied responsibility and asked the judge to throw out the claim.
3. At an Elton John concert in a San Diego stadium, Robert Glaser needed to go to the men's room. However, when he got to the toilet, he was surprised to find a woman using it. When he asked a stadium official to show him to another men's room, he was informed that all the toilets in the stadium were unisex. Too embarrassed to share a toilet with a woman, Glaser had to wait until the end of the concert, four hours later He complained that he had suffered emotional distress and sued the stadium for $5.4 million.
4. Cheryl Vandevender, a shop worker in West Virginia, seriously injured her back ac work after opening a jar of pickles. Her doctor told her to take some Time off work. Her manager warned her that she would lose her job if she did not return to work within twelve months. Nearly a year later, she returned to the shop and her manager told her to fill up a fridge. After only twenty minutes, her back was injured again. This time, Ms Vandevender decided to sue the company, Sheetz Inc.
5. Veronica Martin and her husband were eating hamburgers from a fast food chain when a hot pickle fell out of the burger and burnt Victoria's chin. Her lawyers have asked a court Knoxwille, Texas, to award $110.000 in damages for medcal bills, loss of earnings and emotional distress. Her husband. Darrin, has claimed that he lost the ‘services and companionship' of his wife and is also suing for $15,000. A company spokesman said that all its products were safe.
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