Lilly the legal assistant an employee of the Dewey, Cheatem and Howe law firm. While she is out on her lunch break and on her way to Wendy's, she negligently runs a stop sign, collides with Veronica Victim and injures her. If Victim sues the law firm, it is:
Sam Smooth is an employee and sales manager for Friendly Ford. One of his duties is to cover for sales reps when they don't show up for work. One day, Sam knowingly defrauds Veronica Victim because he wants to get a commission on a luxury car and buy a large-screen TV. If Victim sues Friendly, Friendly...
Swen Johnson has always wanted to be a wine and beer purchasing agent for Hy-Vee. After repeated attempts to get the job without success, he downloads the Hy-Vee logo and prints up his own cards showing the logo and "Swen Johnson, Purchasing Agent, Wine and Beer. He then calls on several wineries and breweries making large orders and having them shipped to his rented warehouse building, where he watches sports and drinks up the merchandise. One of the wineries deceived by Swen is owned by Veronica Victim, who sues Hy-Vee for when it does not pay for the order. Assuming Hy-Vee did not know of Swen's activities, Hy-Vee...
Billy the bouncer is an employee of Larry's Lounge, whose job is to keep order in the bar, using force if necessary. He sees Veronica Victim dancing on a table, and when she refuses to get down, he gently picks her up and places her on the floor. Victim then slaps Billy in the face and heads toward the exit. Billy is now angry, so he runs after Victim, he screams, "You can't get away with that," and he knocks her unconscious with a flying kick to the head. Victim sues Larry's and Billy for Battery. Larry's is...
Paul has been a purchasing agent for the Garage Door Company for years, and routinely orders overhead doors from suppliers and specifies a place of delivery. Paul is fired for showing up to work drunk, but Garage Door does not notify its suppliers. One month later, Paul makes several calls to various suppliers and orders doors delivered to his own warehouse building. He sells the doors locally and leaves town. One of the suppliers, Victim Doors, sues Garage Door for the purchase price of items ordered by Paul after he was fired. Garage Door is...
Sam Smooth is the Used Car Manager for the Friendly Ford car dealership. Part of Smooth's job is to purchase cars from customers as trade-ins when selling other cars. Smooth offers Veronica Victim $10,000 for her trade-in as part of a purchase contract, and Veronica and Smooth both sign the contract. Afterward, Smooth realizes he paid too much for Victim's car and tells her, "The deal is off." If Victim sues Friendly for breach of contract, Friendly is:
Lilly the legal assistant an employee of the Dewey, Cheatem and Howe law firm. While she is out on her lunch break, and on her way to make a deposit for the law firm, she negligently runs a stop sign, collides with Veronica Victim and injures her. If Victim sues the law firm, it is...
Sam Smooth is the Used Car Manager for the Fred Friendly Ford car dealership. Part of Smooth's job is to purchase cars from customers as trade-ins when selling other cars, but he is under orders from Friendly to get approval if he offers over $8,000 for a trade-in. Smooth offers Veronica Victim $10,000 for her trade-in as part of a purchase contract, and Veronica and Smooth both sign the contract.
Afterward, Friendly tells Victim that he has to approve the deal since it is over $8,000 for the trade-in. Later he tells her, "The deal is on," and signs the contract himself as "OK, Fred Friendly." If Friendly won't go through with the dealand Victim sues Friendly for breach of contract, Friendly is:
A. Liable to Victim because of ratification.
B. Liable to Victim because of apparent authority
C. Not liable to Victim for an unintentional tort under respondeat superior
D. Is not liable to Victim on the contract.
E. Liable to Victim for an intentional physical tort.
F. Liable under the dual purpose doctrine for Victim's injuries
G. Liable to Victim because of actual authority.
H. Is liable to Victim for a nonphysical intentional tort.