Question: Helena, Adam and Rusty formed a partnership to operate a computer store. One of Adam's jobs is to make deliveries of computers using the partnership truck. In one such delivery, Adam negligently ran a stop sign, striking a car driven by Pauline causing damage to the car and injury to Pauline.
A. Discuss the personal liability of Helena, Adam, and Rusty for the accident and injury to Pauline.
B. Discuss the liability of the partnership entity for the accident and injury to Pauline.
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Joann was on vacation in Vermont. She had reservations for herself and her car on an auto ferry crossing Lake Vermont. Because she had an electric scooter mounted upright on a roof rack on her car, she had to use a special lane on the ferry that was reserved for motor homes, vans and other high height vehicles.
Upon loading the ferry, these high height vehicles were parked in Lane C, one of six parallel lanes on the auto deck of the ferry. When the drivers returned to their vehicles upon crossing the lake, they were directed to drive off the ferry by ferry employees. The driver of a pickup parked immediately in front of Joann's car on the ferry had not returned by the time all the cars from other lanes had exited. Joann was left waiting for the pickup to be moved so she could drive her car and scooter off the ferry.
When the pickup owner had not returned after 15 minutes, a ferry employee motioned Joann to turn left into an adjacent lane to exit the ferry rather than continue to wait for the pickup to be moved. Joann followed the employee's hand signals and moved her car out of Lane C and into the adjacent left lane. Unfortunately, her scooter on top of her car struck a low clearance pipe in the adjacent lane and was damaged beyond repair.
Joann wants to sue the ferry company. Discuss the legal claim(s) for which she could sue the ferry company, and the likely outcome of such a lawsuit. Explain reasoning in detail.
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