Questions from Business Law

Q: Mary Johnson signed a contract with Mayflower to perform repair work on

Mary Johnson signed a contract with Mayflower to perform repair work on her home for a fee of $25,900. Mayflower arranged for Johnson to pay for this work by borrowing money from Sterling Resources. T...

Q: The Rosenbergs owned a Dairy Queen in Grand Forks, North Dakota

The Rosenbergs owned a Dairy Queen in Grand Forks, North Dakota. They agreed in writing to sell the Dairy Queen to Mary Pratt. The contract required her to pay $10,000 down and $52,000 over 15 years,...

Q: The Tufte family leased a 260-acre farm from the Travelers

The Tufte family leased a 260-acre farm from the Travelers Insurance Co. Toward the end of the lease, Travelers mailed the Tuftes an option to renew the lease. The option arrived at the Tuftes’ house...

Q: The voters of Washington State passed the Medical Use of Marijuana Act

The voters of Washington State passed the Medical Use of Marijuana Act (MUMA) which stated that: Humanitarian compassion necessitates that the decision to authorize the medical use of marijuana by pa...

Q: Exide Technologies issued repeated warnings to Robert Peterson for driving forklifts too

Exide Technologies issued repeated warnings to Robert Peterson for driving forklifts too fast and violating other safety rules. After he was injured in a forklift crash, Exide granted him FMLA leave f...

Q: For 12 years, David Brune taught theater and drama at the

For 12 years, David Brune taught theater and drama at the Dalton School, an elite private school in New York City. Like other Dalton faculty, he worked on a renewable one-year contract. The school ch...

Q: A union representing workers at Truitt Manufacturing Company requested a raise of

A union representing workers at Truitt Manufacturing Company requested a raise of 10 cents per hour for all members. The company countered with an offer of 2.5 cents, arguing that a larger increase wo...

Q: Citizens Publishing was a family-owned corporation that published the Ellwood

Citizens Publishing was a family-owned corporation that published the Ellwood City Ledger and another local newspaper. Bud Dimeo had been the company’s sole photographer for over 35 years. When the ne...

Q: Sharon Yeagle was the Assistant to the Vice President of Students Affairs

Sharon Yeagle was the Assistant to the Vice President of Students Affairs and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. One of Yeagle’s duties was to help students apply to the Governor’s F...

Q: Elijah Turley was a steelworker at the Lackawanna company’s plant near buffalo

Elijah Turley was a steelworker at the Lackawanna company’s plant near buffalo, New York. For over a decade, he was the only African-American in his department. For the last three years of his employm...