Questions from Business Law

Q: Sara Simon misplaced her Galaxy cell phone in Manhattan, Kansas.

Sara Simon misplaced her Galaxy cell phone in Manhattan, Kansas. Days later, Shawn Vargo contacted her, claiming to have bought the phone from someone else. He promised to mail it to Simon if she woul...

Q: Marcella Lashmett was engaged in farming in Illinois. She had two

Marcella Lashmett was engaged in farming in Illinois. She had two daughters, Christine Montgomery and Cheryl Thomas. Christine was also a farmer. She often borrowed Marcella’s farm equipment. More tha...

Q: Twenty-two years ago, Lorenz was a wanderer. At

Twenty-two years ago, Lorenz was a wanderer. At that time, he decided to settle down on an unoccupied, three-acre parcel of land that he did not own. People in the area told him that they had no idea...

Q: Wiley and Gemma are neighbors. Wiley’s lot is extremely large,

Wiley and Gemma are neighbors. Wiley’s lot is extremely large, and his present and future use of it will not involve the entire area. Gemma wants to build a single-car garage and driveway along the pr...

Q: Sarah has rented a house from Frank. The house is only

Sarah has rented a house from Frank. The house is only two years old, but the roof leaks every time it rains. The water that has accumulated in the attic has caused stucco to fall off ceilings in the...

Q: Gi Hwa Park entered into a lease with Landmark HHH, LLC

Gi Hwa Park entered into a lease with Landmark HHH, LLC, for retail space in the Plaza at Landmark, a shopping center in Virginia. The lease provided that the landlord would keep the roof “in good rep...

Q: The McKeag family operated a marina on their lakefront property in Bolton

The McKeag family operated a marina on their lakefront property in Bolton, New York. For more than forty years, the McKeags used a section of property belonging to their neighbors, the Finleys, as a b...

Q: Together, EMI, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group

Together, EMI, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group Recordings, Inc., and Warner Music Group Corp. produced, licensed, and distributed 80 percent of the digital music sold in the United...

Q: Flawlace, LLC, leased unfinished commercial real estate in Las Vegas

Flawlace, LLC, leased unfinished commercial real estate in Las Vegas, Nevada, from Francis Lin to operate a beauty salon. The lease required Flawlace to obtain a “certificate of occupancy” from the ci...

Q: Bhanmattie Kumar was walking on a sidewalk in Flushing, New York

Bhanmattie Kumar was walking on a sidewalk in Flushing, New York, when she tripped over a chipped portion of the sidewalk and fell. The defective sidewalk was in front of a Pretty Girl store—one of a...