Questions from Business Law

Q: Associated Builders, Inc., provided labor and materials to William M

Associated Builders, Inc., provided labor and materials to William M. Coggins and Benjamin W. Coggins, doing business as Ben & Bill’s Chocolate Emporium, to complete a structure on Main Street in Bar...

Q: Pizza of Gaithersburg and The Pizza Shops contracted with Virginia Coffee Service

Pizza of Gaithersburg and The Pizza Shops contracted with Virginia Coffee Service (Virginia) to install vending machines in each of their restaurants. One year later, the Macke Company (a provider of...

Q: Stuart Studio, an art studio, prepared a new catalog for

Stuart Studio, an art studio, prepared a new catalog for the National School of Heavy Equipment, a school run by Gilbert and Donald Shaw. When the artwork was virtually finished, Gilbert Shaw requeste...

Q: Joseph Eugene Dodson, age sixteen, purchased a used pickup truck

Joseph Eugene Dodson, age sixteen, purchased a used pickup truck from Burns and Mary Shrader. The Shraders owned and operated Shrader’s Auto Sales. Dodson paid $14,900 in cash for the truck. At the ti...

Q: For more than 40 years, Rose Cipollone smoked between one and

For more than 40 years, Rose Cipollone smoked between one and two packs of cigarettes a day. Upon her death from lung cancer, Rose’s husband, Antonio Cipollone, filed suit against Liggett Group, Inc.,...

Q: EarthWeb provided online products and services to business professionals in the information

EarthWeb provided online products and services to business professionals in the information technology (IT) industry. EarthWeb operated through a family of websites offering information, products, and...

Q: Anna Feinberg began working for the Pfeiffer Company in 1965 at age

Anna Feinberg began working for the Pfeiffer Company in 1965 at age seventeen. By 2002, she had attained the position of bookkeeper, office manager, and assistant treasurer. In appreciation for her sk...

Q: Mrs. Audrey E. Vokes, a widow of fifty-

Mrs. Audrey E. Vokes, a widow of fifty-one years and without family, purchased fourteen separate dance courses from J. P. Davenport’s Arthur Murray, Inc., School of Dance. The fourteen courses totaled...

Q: Cushing filed an application with the office of the Adjutant General of

Cushing filed an application with the office of the Adjutant General of the State of New Hampshire for the use of the Portsmouth Armory to hold a dance on the evening of April 29. The application, mad...

Q: Richardson hired J. C. Flood Company, a plumbing contractor

Richardson hired J. C. Flood Company, a plumbing contractor, to correct a stoppage in the sewer line of her house. The plumbing company’s “snake” device, used to clear the line leading to the main sew...