Questions from Business Law

Q: Nelson Ovalles worked as a cable installer for Cox Rhode Island Telecom

Nelson Ovalles worked as a cable installer for Cox Rhode Island Telecom, LLC, under an agreement with a third party, M&M Communications, Inc. The agreement stated that no employer-employee relationshi...

Q: Terry Holden’s stepmother, Rosie, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Terry Holden’s stepmother, Rosie, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Terry’s wife, Susan, became Rosie’s primary caregiver. Rosie executed a durable power of attorney appointi...

Q: Jamie Paliath worked as a real estate agent for Home Town Realty

Jamie Paliath worked as a real estate agent for Home Town Realty of Vandalia, LLC (the principal, a real estate broker). Torri Auer, a California resident, relied on Paliath’s advice and assistance t...

Q: Calzoni Boating Co. is an interstate business engaged in manufacturing and

Calzoni Boating Co. is an interstate business engaged in manufacturing and selling boats. The company has five hundred nonunion employees. Representatives of these employees are requesting a four-day,...

Q: Denton and Carlo were employed at an appliance plant. Their job

Denton and Carlo were employed at an appliance plant. Their job required them to do occasional maintenance work while standing on a wire mesh twenty feet above the plant floor. Other employees had fal...

Q: Misty Cumbie worked as a waitress in Vita Café in Portland,

Misty Cumbie worked as a waitress in Vita Café in Portland, Oregon. The café was owned and operated by Woody Woo, Inc. Woody Woo paid its servers an hourly wage that was higher than the state’s minimu...

Q: As a safety measure, Dynea USA, Inc., required an

As a safety measure, Dynea USA, Inc., required an employee, Tony Fairbanks, to wear steeltoed boots. One of the boots caused a sore on Fairbanks’s leg. The skin over the sore broke, and within a week,...

Q: Li Li worked for Packard Bioscience, and Mark Schmeizl was her

Li Li worked for Packard Bioscience, and Mark Schmeizl was her supervisor. In March 2000, Schmeizl told Li Li to call Packard’s competitors, pretend to be a potential customer, and request “pricing in...

Q: SDBC Holdings, Inc., acquired Stella D’oro Biscuit Co., a

SDBC Holdings, Inc., acquired Stella D’oro Biscuit Co., a bakery in New York City. At the time, a collective bargaining agreement existed between Stella D’oro and Local 50 of the Bakery, Confectionary...

Q: Fior Ramirez worked as a housekeeper for Remington Lodging & Hospitality,

Fior Ramirez worked as a housekeeper for Remington Lodging & Hospitality, a hotel in Atlantic Beach, Florida. After her father in the Dominican Republic suffered a stroke, she asked her employer for t...