Exam 35: Legal Issues in Contracts

To bid on a job,RoadCrew Construction Company relies on the oral promise of Surface Paving,Inc.,to perform certain work at a certain price.Smooth Paving fails to perform.RoadCrew Construction can

Nora contracts with Odell to sell land that,unknown to either party,has groundwater contaminated from adjacent land that was occupied several decades earlier by a paper pulp processing plant.When this is discovered,Nora asserts the doctrine of commercial impracticability.This doctrine applies only when,with respect to an event that renders performance impossible,at the time the contract was formed the parties

Gladys enters into a contract with Hydraulic Fracturing,Inc.,for a sale of the oil beneath Gladys's land for a fraction of the value of the oil and the cost to restore the land after the oil is extracted.A court is most likely to determine that this deal is unfair under

Evita pretends to be "Faith" online,fooling Garth into believing that Faith is his friend.When Garth learns the truth,he is embarrassed and feels humiliated.But he cannot recover damages because he cannot prove an actual injury,which is a requirement for recovery in these circumstances on the ground of

Mainstay,Inc.,sponsors NowUCMe,a social-networking,video- and photo-sharing site.To use NowUCMe,Mainstay requires users to accept terms of service associated with the site.By clicking on "accept," users enter into a contract

Arnold enters a Bunco tournament hosted by Bunco Players Association (BPA).During the event,Arnold signs an agreement that stipulates BPA will pay all of the winner's fees and expenses to attend the Bunco World Games,but if the winner does not attend,he or she agrees to repay the funds.Arnold wins and BPA pays his expenses,but he does not go to the World Games.In BPA's suit to recover the expended funds,a court is most likely to rule that the agreement is