Questions from Business Law

Q: Schmidt, the owner of a small business, has a large

Schmidt, the owner of a small business, has a large piece of used farm equipment for sale. He offers to sell the equipment to Barry for $10,000. Discuss the legal effects of the following events on th...

Q: Washoe Medical Center, Inc., admitted Shirley Swisher for the treatment

Washoe Medical Center, Inc., admitted Shirley Swisher for the treatment of a fractured pelvis. During her stay, Swisher suffered a fatal fall from her hospital bed. Gerald Parodi, the administrator of...

Q: Tabor is a buyer of file cabinets manufactured by Martin. Martin’s

Tabor is a buyer of file cabinets manufactured by Martin. Martin’s contract with Tabor calls for delivery of fifty file cabinets at $40 per cabinet in five equal installments. After delivery of two in...

Q: Daniel, a recent college graduate, is on his way home

Daniel, a recent college graduate, is on his way home for the Christmas holidays from his new job. He is caught in a snowstorm and is taken in by an elderly couple, who provide him with food and shelt...

Q: Karlin takes her television set for repair to Orken, a merchant

Karlin takes her television set for repair to Orken, a merchant who sells new and used television sets. By accident, one of Orken’s employees sells the set to Grady, an innocent purchaser-customer, wh...

Q: A famous New York City hotel, Hotel Lux, is noted

A famous New York City hotel, Hotel Lux, is noted for its food as well as its luxury accommodations. Hotel Lux contracts with a famous chef, Chef Perlee, to become its head chef at $30,000 per month....

Q: Joanne is a seventy-five-year-old widow who

Joanne is a seventy-five-year-old widow who survives on her husband’s small pension. Joanne has become increasingly forgetful, and her family worries that she may have Alzheimer’s disease (a brain dis...

Q: Merrick grows and sells blueberries. Maine Wild Blueberry Co. agreed

Merrick grows and sells blueberries. Maine Wild Blueberry Co. agreed to buy all of Merrick’s crop under a contract that left the price un liquidated. Merrick delivered the berries, but a dispute arose...

Q: Juan is an elderly man who lives with his nephew, Samuel

Juan is an elderly man who lives with his nephew, Samuel. Juan is totally dependent on Samuel’s support. Samuel tells Juan that unless he transfers a tract of land he owns to Samuel for a price 35 per...

Q: Grano owns a forty-room motel on Highway 100. Tanner

Grano owns a forty-room motel on Highway 100. Tanner is interested in purchasing the motel. During the course of negotiations, Grano tells Tanner that the motel netted $30,000 during the previous year...