Questions from Business Law

Q: Plaintiff, John W. Carson, was the host and star

Plaintiff, John W. Carson, was the host and star of “The Tonight Show,” a well-known television program broadcast by the National Broadcasting Company. Carson also appeared as an entertainer in nightc...

Q: Mae contracted to sell 1,000 bushels of wheat to Lloyd

Mae contracted to sell 1,000 bushels of wheat to Lloyd at $10 per bushel. Just before Mae was to deliver the wheat, Lloyd notified her that he would not receive or accept the wheat. Mae sold the wheat...

Q: Lemmie L. Ruffin, Jr., was an Alabama licensed agent

Lemmie L. Ruffin, Jr., was an Alabama licensed agent for Pacific Mutual Life Insurance and for Union Fidelity Life Insurance Company. Union wrote group health insurance policies for municipalities, wh...

Q: Susan Jungclaus Peterson was a twenty-one-year-old

Susan Jungclaus Peterson was a twenty-one-year-old student at Moorhead State University who had lived most of her life on her family farm in Minnesota. Though Susan was a dean's list student during he...

Q: CEO was convinced by his employee, M. Ploy, that

CEO was convinced by his employee, M. Ploy, that a coworker, A. Cused, had been stealing money from the company. At lunch that day in the company cafeteria, CEO discharges Cused from her employment, a...

Q: Debra Agis was a waitress in a restaurant owned by the Howard

Debra Agis was a waitress in a restaurant owned by the Howard Johnson Company. On May 23, Roger Dionne, manager of the restaurant, called a meeting of all waitresses at which he informed them that "th...

Q: Ralph kisses Edith while she is asleep but does not waken or

Ralph kisses Edith while she is asleep but does not waken or harm her. Edith sues Ralph for battery. Has a battery been committed?

Q: Claude, a creditor seeking to collect a debt, calls on

Claude, a creditor seeking to collect a debt, calls on Dianne and demands payment in a rude and insolent manner. When Dianne says that she cannot pay, Claude calls Dianne a deadbeat and says that he w...

Q: Lana, a ten-year-old child, is run

Lana, a ten-year-old child, is run over by a car negligently driven by Mitchell. Lana, at the time of the accident, was acting reasonably and without negligence. Clark, a newspaper reporter, photograp...

Q: The Saturday Evening Post featured an article entitled “The Story of

The Saturday Evening Post featured an article entitled “The Story of a College Football Fix,” characterized in the subtitle as “A Shocking Report of How Wally Butts and Bear Bryant Rigged a Game Last...