Summary Of The Second Chapter Of Pop Tort

The second chapter of “Pop Torts”, William Haltom and Michael McCann explains the issue of greed playing a role in the courtroom, along with the occurrences leading up to the problem. The chapter goes in depth with the issue legal degeneration and moral regeneration of “Pop Torts” as a man was using an electric power mower for the wrong reason, in which he ends up cutting off his own fingers without even turning off the power in the first place. The man fought back and won the case, while playing the victim for his very own actions. Haltom and McCann continue with chapter three of “In Retort: Narratives versus Numbers” as the issue of filing a lawsuit is quite easy, as individuals fight for an issue that was technically their fault. Issues

The chapter explains “Pop Torts” as the formation and wide process of represent a distributing story to the judge for the overall occurrence. This trial featured an individual who was using an electric power mower in which the product ended up getting clogged up with wet grass. The man casually stops his work and reaches into the wet grass to remove the clogged grass inside, in which he forgot to turn off the machine and ends up slicing off a few fingers. He ends up suing the producer of the company, and wins a great deal of money. A case that features the misuse of a distinctive aspect of power mower, which grown into a issue to showcase a very idiotic way to handle a machine. The issue showcased as a bad reputation in the American society, along with the individual's greed towards money and distrust of lawyers. A similar incident occurred as Haltom and McCann bring up the topic of the McDonald’s coffee incident, as someone spilled a hot cup of coffee on them and ended up winning the case with a huge cash out. As a whole, the issue surrounds the greed of the stupidity of an individual, along with their blame towards others as they seem to be the “victim” in this