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.