(Answered) : Scenario 5 Consumer Protection Restaurant Name Publish Prices Drinks Menus Nik Carlson Cus Q34185874

Scenario 5 – Consumer Protection

[Restaurant Name] does not publish the prices of drinks on themenus. Nik Carlson, a customer of the restaurant filed a lawsuitclaiming that failure to provide drink prices on the menuconstitutes an unfair business practice because customers must makequick decisions about ordering drinks after asking about the price.Another plaintiff, Joe Swanson, claimed that he was not providedwith a cost for his drink until after he ordered it, whichconstitutes consumer fraud.

• Analyze the applicability of state and/or federal consumerprotection laws that Carlson and Swanson can assert against[Restaurant Name]. Select which party should win and support youranswer.

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