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Title: Business Law 2361
Description: Chapters 18,22,28,29.

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Chapter  18-­‐  Remedies  
 
-­‐Wont  get  putative  damages  unless  unless  you  prove  the  tort  of  fraud
...
   
 
-­‐*Direct:  Flow  directly  from  the  contract
...
 The  damages  are  only  available  if  they  are  a  foreseeable  consequence  
of  the  breach
...
   
 
-­‐*Incidental  damage-­‐  are  the  relatively  minor  costs  that  the  injured  party  
suffers  when  responding  to  the  breach
...
   
 
 
Seller  cant  get  consequential
...
 The  seller  can  resell  the  item  to  someone  else  better  than  
the  buyer  can  get  the  item
...
   
Reliance  Interest:  puts  the  injured  party  in  the  position  he  would  have  been  in  had  
the  parties  never  entered  into  a  contract
...
   
 
 
-­‐Cant  measure  damages  by  speculation    
 
-­‐Reliance  for  valid  contracts
...
   
 
-­‐Recall  the  farmer  example
...
   
 
Restoring  to  the  original  position=  restitution    
-­‐The  law  doesn’t  have  sympathy  for  the  party  that  did  wrong  having  to  pay
...
     
Specific  performance  typically  deals  with=  land,  building,  certain  house/  cars
...
   
 
-­‐Can’t  order  someone  to  finish  a  task  before  they  leave
...
 
 
Ex:  restraining  order
...
 Keeps  everyone  in  limbo  until  
after  the  trail
...
   
Reformation-­‐  Court  will  partially  rewrite  a  contract  so  its  more  fair  for  both  sides
...
   
 
 
-­‐Mitigate-­‐  damages
...
 Court  will  
generally  enforce  this  amount
...
   
 
Chapter  22-­‐  Warranties  and  products  liability  
 
Product  liability-­‐  refers  to  a  good  that  has  causes  an  injury
...
 Contract  assurance  that  goods  
will  meet  certain  standards
...
   
 
-­‐Sale  of  good  so  therefore  UCC    
 
-­‐Breach  of  warranty-­‐  you  can  get  damages
...
 
Strict  liability-­‐  which  allows  lawsuits  over  defective  products  whether  the  
defendant  acted  reasonably  or  not
...
   
 
Express  Warranties-­‐  one  that  a  seller  creates  with  his  words  or  actions
...
 Oral  is  harder  to  prove
...
   
-­‐The  item  you  tested  has  to  have  equal  value  to  the  item  that  you  purchase
...
   
 
-­‐Ex:    Rite  Aid-­‐  relied  on  the  existence  of  inserts
...
   
 
Merchantability-­‐  means  that  the  goods  are  fit  for  the  ordinary  purpose  for  
which  they  are  used
...
 They  were  fit  for  what  they  
were  used  for,  not  merchantable  because  they  didn’t  work  properly
...
   
 
Implied  warranty  of  fitness  for  a  particular  purpose:  Where  the  seller  at  the  
time  of  contracting  knows  about  a  particular  purpose  for  which  the  buyer  wants  the  
goods,  and  knows  that  the  buyer  is  relying  on  the  sellers  skill  or  judgment,  there  is  
an  implied  warranty  that  the  goods  shall  be  fit  for  the  purpose
...
   
 
-­‐**The  buyer  must  depend  on  the  sellers  skill  or  judgment  to  purchase  the  
product
...
   
 
-­‐Exclusion  or  modification
...
   

Disclaimers  and  Defenses:  A  statement  that  a  particular  warranty  does  not  
apply
...
   
 
-­‐Express  warranties-­‐  Oral  and  Written=  Overrides  oral  contracts
...
 
Consequential  damages  –delay  of  work
...
   
 
Ex:  You  delay  someone  from  work  and  because  of  that  they  are  losing  money
...
   
 
Privity:  You  have  a  right  related  to  the  contract
...
   
Buying  a  car=  Buy  from  dealership  not  the  company
...
 Can  sue  up  the  chain
...
   
 
 
Ex:  the  jail  and  the  gown  makers
...
   
 
 
Ex:  Buying  a  car  from  dealership  and  then  can  sue  up  the  chain
...
 Distinguish  business  and  
consumer
...
 Charity
...
 
 
Consumer-­‐    more  states  will  permit  a  suit  against  the  manufacturer,  even  
without  privity
...
   
 
Negligence:  
 
Negligent  design  
 
Negligent  manufacture  
 
Failure  to  warn    
Functional  approach-­‐  restatements  of  the  Law
...
   
-­‐ Defective  condition  unreasonably  dangerous  to  the  user
...
 
-­‐ Depending  upon  type  of  defect
...
   

-­‐

Unreasonably  dangerous:  certain  things  have  to  be  dangerous  to  work
...
   
-­‐ Defective  condition:  can  sue  up  the  chain
...
   
-­‐ Quality  control  irrelevant:  if  personal  injury  had  occurred
...
   
-­‐ What  happens  if  you  drink  the  bottle  even  if  you  know  it’s  broken?  
o Assumption  of  the  risk  and  can’t  sue
...
Reasonable  alternative  design  (RAD)    
2
...
Costs  
b
...
Use:  Handling/  performance
...
Maintenance    
e
...
   
f
...
 instructions=  tells  you  how  to  avoid  the  
danger
...
   
-­‐Limits  and  Defenses  
  Proximate  cause    
  Design  and  warnings-­‐  Comparative  fault    
 
Statutes    
 
 
-­‐Limitations-­‐  Wait  to  long  to  file  your  lawsuit
...
   
 
 
-­‐Repose-­‐  No  matter  what  after  this  time  period  you  can’t  file
...
 Longer  but  set  in  stone  time  period
...
   
Principal  (employer,  client,  corporation)  &  Agent  (employees)    
Three  requirements  to  create  an  agency  relationship  
1
...
Control-­‐  Be  subject  to  the  principal  control
...
Fiduciary-­‐  special  relationship  that  has  your  best  business  at  heart  and  
you  have  the  agents  best  interest  at  heart
...
   
 
-­‐Don’t  have  to  pay  an  agent    
What  are  the  duties  of  agents  to  principals:  
 
-­‐Duty  of  Loyalty-­‐  An  agent  has  a  fiduciary  duty  to  act  loyally  for  the  
principal’s  benefit  in  all  matters  connected  with  the  agency  relationship
...
 (Can  even  continue  even  after  the  agency  relationship  ends)    
 
 
-­‐Competition  with  the  principal-­‐  Agents  are  not  allowed  to  
compete  with  their  principal  in  any  matter  within  the  scope  of  the  agency  
business
...
   
 
 
-­‐Conflict  of  interest  between  principal  and  agent-­‐  Need  consent  
from  both  parties
...
 
 
Duty  of  care-­‐  An  agent  has  a  duty  to  act  with  reasonable  care
...
 They  commit  gross  negligence,  but  not  ordinary  negligence
...
   
Remedies=  Damages,  Disgorgement,  and  rescission
...
 
 
-­‐Terminating  agency  relationship  
 
 
-­‐Term  expires  or  principal  discharges  agent
...
   
 
-­‐Principal  or  agent  no  longer  able  to  perform
...
   
-­‐Can’t  terminate  an  agreement  to  avoid  doing  paying  damages
...
 
-­‐Principal  ratifies  the  acts  of  the  agent
...
   

Apparent  authority-­‐  liable  for  the  acts  of  an  agent  who  is  not,  acting  
with  authority  if  the  principals  conduct  causes  a  third  party  reasonably  to  
believe  that  the  agent  is  authorized
...
   
 
Unidentified  principal-­‐  third  party  can  recover  from  either  the  agent  or  the  
principal
...
   
Unauthorized  agent-­‐  If  the  agent  has  no  authority,  the  principal  is  not  liable  
to  the  third  part,  and  the  agent  is
...
 
Employee  V
...
   
Danica  Patrick  EX:  -­‐  Get  in  car  accident  going  to  Starbucks  on  her  way  to  
work
...
Was  she  authorized  to  do  the  act-­‐  Was  she  authorized  to  drive?  –Yes  
(scope  of  what  she  typically  does)  For  the  company  to  not  pay  for  the  
accident  she  has  to  have  done  something  away  from  the  scope  of  what  
she  was  going
...
 (Detour  v
...
Detour-­‐  Quick  stop    
b
...
   
General  Rule:  employer  not  responsible  for  intentional  torts  of  employee
...
 Exceptions  
 
B
...
   
Agent  liability  for  torts:  agents  are  always  liable  for  their  own  torts
...
NLRA-­‐  union  activity  (  Collective  bargaining  from  employee  and  
employers)    
b
...
 (applies  to  men  and  
women)  
c
...
 

d
...
   
Common  Law-­‐    
a
...
   
b
...
 (Prevents  people  from  being  
shady)    
 
 
-­‐Contracts  of  good  faith  and  dealing  in  an  at  will  employment  
relationship
...
   
 
-­‐Slander-­‐>  Can  prove  defamation  damages  
 
-­‐1/2  of  the  state  however,  recognizes  privilege  for  employers  who  give  
references  about  former  employees
...
   
 
Safty  and  privacy  in  the  workplace  
 
-­‐Workplace  safety  (OSHA)  
 
-­‐employee  privacy  
 
 
-­‐Defult:  reasonable  expectations  of  privacy:  people  share  info  online    
 
 
-­‐  Reality:    
Can  fire  if  you  are=  smoking,  imbibling  etc  
 
 
 
 
Smoking=  loss  in  productivity  and  health  care  goes  up
...
   
 
 
 
Can  be  tested  for  drugs,  lie  detector  tests,  electronic  monitoring  of  the  
workplace,  social  media,  immigration
...
   
 
 
-­‐Title  VII-­‐  Civil  right  Act  of  1964-­‐  its  illegal  for  employers  to  
discriminate  on  the  basis  of  race,  color,  religion,  sex,  or  national  origin
...
   
 
 
 

**3-­‐part  test  courts  use    
 
1
...
 
 
2
...
   
 
3
...
   
 
Disparate  impact-­‐  false  reason  why  you  are  doing  something
...
 (Hiding  behind  the  test)    
 
Defenses-­‐    
 
Merit-­‐  qualified    
 
Seniority  
 
Bon  Fide  occupational  qualification-­‐  An  employer  is  permitted  to  est  
discriminatory  job  requirements  if  they  are  essential  to  the  position  in  question
...
   
1
...
Hostile  work  environment-­‐  Must  be  pervasive  that  they  interfere  with  the  
ability  to  work
...
   
 
EEOC-­‐  must  file  within  180days  for  the  wrongdoings
...
   Age  has  to  be  the  deciding  factor
...
 Can’t  automatically  disqualify  someone  for  a  
job,  if  they  can  perform  the  task  with  a  reasonable  accommodation
Title: Business Law 2361
Description: Chapters 18,22,28,29.