Questions from Business Law

Q: Louise Kalbe maintained a checking account at the Pulaski State Bank (

Louise Kalbe maintained a checking account at the Pulaski State Bank (Bank) in Wisconsin. Kalbe made out a check for $7,260, payable in cash. Thereafter, she misplaced it but did not report the missin...

Q: Frouge Corporation (Frouge) was the general contractor on a housing

Frouge Corporation (Frouge) was the general contractor on a housing project in Philadelphia. The carpenter employees of Frouge were represented by the Carpenters’ International Union (Union). Traditio...

Q: The employees of the Shop Rite Foods, Inc. (Shop

The employees of the Shop Rite Foods, Inc. (Shop Rite), warehouse in Lubbock, Texas, elected the United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers (Union) as its bargaining agent. Negotiations for a collec...

Q: The union (Union) member-employees of the Erie Resistor

The union (Union) member-employees of the Erie Resistor Company (Company) struck Company over the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement that was being negotiated between Company and Union. Co...

Q: The American Ship Building Company (American) operated a shipyard in

The American Ship Building Company (American) operated a shipyard in Chicago, Illinois, where it repaired Great Lakes ships during the winter months, when freezing on the Great Lakes rendered shipping...

Q: The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) hired Nancy Drew Suders as

The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) hired Nancy Drew Suders as a police communications operator for the McConnellsburg barracks. Suders’s supervisors were Sergeant Eric D. Easton, station commander at...

Q: Teresa Harris worked as a manager at Forklift Systems Incorporated (Forklift

Teresa Harris worked as a manager at Forklift Systems Incorporated (Forklift), an equipment rental company, for 2½ years. Charles Hardy was Forklift’s president. Throughout Harris’s time at Forklift,...

Q: Irma Rivera is a Hispanic woman who was born in Puerto Rico

Irma Rivera is a Hispanic woman who was born in Puerto Rico. She began working for Baccarat, Inc. (Baccarat), a distributor of fine crystal, as a sales representative in its retail store in Manhattan....

Q: Johnson Controls, Inc. (Johnson Controls) manufactures batteries.

Johnson Controls, Inc. (Johnson Controls) manufactures batteries. Lead is the primary ingredient in the manufacturing process. Exposure to lead entails health risks, including risk of harm to a fetus...

Q: Dianne Rawlinson, 22 years old, was a college graduate whose

Dianne Rawlinson, 22 years old, was a college graduate whose major course of study was correctional psychology. After graduation, she applied for a position as a correctional counselor (prison guard)...