Questions from Business Law

Q: Regency Transportation, Inc., operates a freight business throughout the eastern

Regency Transportation, Inc., operates a freight business throughout the eastern United States. Regency maintains its corporate headquarters and other facilities in Massachusetts. The vehicles in Rege...

Q: Hanjuan Jin, a Chinese citizen, worked at Motorola in the

Hanjuan Jin, a Chinese citizen, worked at Motorola in the United States as a software engineer in a division that created proprietary standards for cellular communications. After a few years, she star...

Q: While riding her motorcycle, Amy Kemper was seriously injured when Christopher

While riding her motorcycle, Amy Kemper was seriously injured when Christopher Brown hit her with his vehicle. Kemper wrote to Statewide Claims Services, the administrator for Brown’s insurer, asking...

Q: Lucas Contracting, Inc., is a small contractor in Carrollton,

Lucas Contracting, Inc., is a small contractor in Carrollton, Ohio. Altisource Portfolio Solutions, Inc., hired Lucas to work on certain foreclosed properties. When payment for the work was not forthc...

Q: Farrokh and Scheherezade Sharabianlou agreed to buy a building owned by Berenstein

Farrokh and Scheherezade Sharabianlou agreed to buy a building owned by Berenstein Associates for $2 million. They deposited $115,000 toward the purchase. Before the deal closed, an environmental asse...

Q: Bonney McWilliam’s father deeded a house in Norfolk County, Massachusetts,

Bonney McWilliam’s father deeded a house in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, to Bonney and her daughter, Mechelle. Each owned a one-half interest. Described as “an emotionally troubled teenager,” Mechel...

Q: William Zurenda was disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder (

William Zurenda was disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but had not been adjudged mentally incompetent. During divorce proceedings, he agreed to pay his spouse $5,000 within six months...

Q: What does due process require?

What does due process require?

Q: Sue Ann Apolinar hired a guide through Arkansas Valley Adventures, LLC

Sue Ann Apolinar hired a guide through Arkansas Valley Adventures, LLC, for a rafting excursion on the Arkansas River. At the outfitter’s office, Apolinar signed a release that detailed potential haza...

Q: Kathy Wright and real estate agent Jennifer Crilow orally agreed to a

Kathy Wright and real estate agent Jennifer Crilow orally agreed to a contract with a “protection period.” Under this provision, if Wright’s property sold after the contract expired to a party who had...