Considers wrongful death lawsuit brought in the family baby, who died after a portable crib collapsed. Manufacturer, Kolcraft, Playskool brand name license from the co-defendant, Hasbro Industries. Raises difficult questions about whether the two companies should be doing now, after a series of tragic deaths - and then apparently according to the regulatory requirements governing the recall of products. Also raises provocative questions about the appropriateness of settlements in wrongful death suits, corporate responsibility to ensure the safety of products, and the pressure of the attention of the national media on corporate actions. Although the circumstances are especially heartbreaking, managers often have to deal with lawsuits that values and have a high emotional content, such as employment discrimination or sexual harassment claim, for example, or environmental and regulatory disputes. Types of decisions and tension that the manager faces in such cases, of course, have a lot to do with the issues raised. "Hide
by Michael A. Wheeler Source: Harvard Business School 10 pages. Publication Date: Mar 02, 2001. Prod. #: Eight hundred and one thousand and fifty-nine-PDF-ENG
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