Questions from Business Law

Q: Adley Abdulwahab (Wahab) opened an account on behalf of W

Adley Abdulwahab (Wahab) opened an account on behalf of W Financial Group, LLC, with Wells Fargo Bank. Wahab was one of three authorized signers on the account. Five months later, Wahab withdrew $1,70...

Q: Carol Garcia and Pedro Salgado, bus drivers for Latino Express,

Carol Garcia and Pedro Salgado, bus drivers for Latino Express, Inc., a transportation company, began soliciting signatures from other drivers to certify the Teamsters Local Union No. 777 as the offic...

Q: Beverly Tull had worked for Atchison Leather Products, Inc., for

Beverly Tull had worked for Atchison Leather Products, Inc., for ten years when she began to complain of hand, wrist, and shoulder pain. Atchison recommended that she contact a certain physician. In A...

Q: Discuss fully whether either of the following actions would constitute a violation

Discuss fully whether either of the following actions would constitute a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. 1. Tennington, Inc., is a consulting firm with ten employees. These employees...

Q: Gina Gomez, a devout Roman Catholic, worked for Sam’s Department

Gina Gomez, a devout Roman Catholic, worked for Sam’s Department Stores, Inc., in Phoenix, Arizona. Sam’s considered Gomez a productive employee because her sales exceeded $200,000 per year. The store...

Q: Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse, Inc., had a dress code that

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse, Inc., had a dress code that required male sales clerks to wear business attire consisting of slacks, shirt, and necktie. Female salesclerks, by contrast, were requir...

Q: Billie Bradford worked for the Kentucky Department of Community Based Services (

Billie Bradford worked for the Kentucky Department of Community Based Services (DCBS). One of Bradford’s co-workers, Lisa Stander, routinely engaged in extreme sexual behavior (such as touching hersel...

Q: Beginning in 1986, Paul Rangel was a sales professional for pharmaceutical

Beginning in 1986, Paul Rangel was a sales professional for pharmaceutical company Sanofi- Aventis U.S., LLC (S-A). Rangel had satisfactory performance reviews until 2006, when S-A issued new expectat...

Q: Cynthia Horn worked for Knight Facilities Management–GM, Inc.,

Cynthia Horn worked for Knight Facilities Management–GM, Inc., in Detroit, Michigan, as a janitor. When Horn developed a sensitivity to cleaning products, her physician gave her a “no exposure to clea...

Q: Jamel Blanton, a male employee at a Pizza Hut restaurant operated

Jamel Blanton, a male employee at a Pizza Hut restaurant operated by Newton Associates, Inc., in San Antonio, Texas, was subjected to sexual and racial harassment by the general manager, who was femal...