Memorandum

To: Eddie Wanker, Owner From: Christopher Baker, Customer Service Date: July 3rd, 2011 Subj: Removing Neckbelts from Rental Vehicles. Numerous vehicles in our inventory, specifically the Chrysler LeBarons, are equipped with deadly neckbelts. Recently, Chrysler Corp. stopped production of the neckbelts and facilitated a mass recall of the vehicles to have the neckbelts removed. Chrysler performed this action because of various studies and accidents that showed neckbelts, when used, were a threat to the health and safety of the passenger. NECK BELTS CAN KILL Chryslers research demonstrated that during an accident, even a minor one, serious injury and harm could occur to any passenger or operator utilizing a neck restraint. More importantly, many of the operators have been decapitated when a motor vehicle collision occurred. I have included two photographs from a recent accident for your review.

Fig 1. Body thrown from vehicle.

Figure 2. Head of body

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NECKBELTS ARE A FINANCIAL LIABILITY In 1976, Ford created a vehicle with a faulty fuel tank. When the vehicles were impacted from the rear, the faulty gas tanks had a tendency to ignite and later explode; the explosions killed all the passengers of the vehicle. Ford was sued by numerous plaintiffs and paid out over 300 million dollars in damages after losing in court. Failing to remove these belts would open the corporation up to damages in a civil suit should a customer get injured when renting our vehicle. Furthermore, punitive and compensatory damages could easily exceed a $1 million for the death of a customer. In order to minimize our liability, we should remove the neckbelts from the vehicles. KEEPING NECKBELTS COULD LEAD TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION Because we have information that neckbelts are a threat to the operator and passenger safety, failing to remove to the belts could place criminal liability on the corporations officers. If we do not remove the neckbelts, we would certainly be deviati[ng] from the standard of care that a reasonable person would observe in the situation State v. Hazelwood (1997) at 876. Furthermore, criminal negligence is a Class C Felony offense, and carries the penalty of a fiveyear imprisonment and fines up to $10,000. The mere chance of going to prison should be enough to deter us from leaving the neckbelts intact. I do not feel that it is worth chancing a felony conviction and significant fines. Most importantly, it is not worth risking another humans life just to increase our bottom line. Keeping the neckbelts installed in our rental cars is a clear and obvious hazard. We must immediately suspend renting these vehicles, and promptly remove the belts. I recommend that we do this as soon as possible; the faster it is completed, the faster we can return the vehicles to service, and resume generating income from the rentals. .