Questions from Business Law


Q: St. Luke’s Health Systems, Ltd., operated an emergency clinic

St. Luke’s Health Systems, Ltd., operated an emergency clinic in Nampa, Idaho. Saltzer Medical Group, P.A., had thirty-four physicians practicing at its offices in Nampa. Saint Alphonsus Health System...

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Q: FACTS Gladys Piper died intestate (without a will) in 1982

FACTS Gladys Piper died intestate (without a will) in 1982. At her death, she owned miscellaneous personal property worth $5,000 and had in her purse $200 in cash and two diamond rings. Wanda Brown, P...

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Q: FACTS Craig Matus held a life estate in certain residential real property

FACTS Craig Matus held a life estate in certain residential real property in Huntington, New York. On the termination of the life estate, title to the property was to transfer to Main Omni Realty Corp...

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Q: FACTS Junior and Wilma Thompson sold twenty- one of their fifty

FACTS Junior and Wilma Thompson sold twenty- one of their fifty acres of land in Missouri to Walnut Bowls, Inc. The deed expressly reserved an easement to the Thompsons’ remaining twenty- nine acres....

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Q: FACTS Jeffrey Stambovsky signed a contract to buy Helen Ackley’s house in

FACTS Jeffrey Stambovsky signed a contract to buy Helen Ackley’s house in Nyack, New York. After the contract was signed, Stambovsky discovered that the house was widely reputed to be haunted. The Ack...

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Q: FACTS Donald Breeden and Willie Buchanan were married in Marion County,

FACTS Donald Breeden and Willie Buchanan were married in Marion County, Mississippi. They lived in a home in Sandy Hook. Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance Company insured the home under a polic...

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Q: FACTS Alberto and Karelli Mila were insured under a homeowners’ liability policy

FACTS Alberto and Karelli Mila were insured under a homeowners’ liability policy. “Exclusion k” of the policy stated that coverage did not apply to “bodily injury arising out of sexual molestation, co...

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Q: FACTS In 1975, William Melton executed a will that, among

FACTS In 1975, William Melton executed a will that, among other things, stated that his daughter, Vicki Palm, was to receive nothing. In 1979, he added a handwritten note to the will, saying that his...

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Q: The publishing business is in dire straits today with retail bookstores going

The publishing business is in dire straits today with retail bookstores going bankrupt and publishers laying off hundreds of employees. Why do you think the declining book business was worthy of so mu...

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Q: Companies subject to lengthy antitrust investigations and court proceedings in Europe argue

Companies subject to lengthy antitrust investigations and court proceedings in Europe argue that such delays result in “reputational damage.” Why might that be so?

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