Exam 34: Liability to Third Parties and Termination

A special type of express agent authority is known as a power of attorney.

Which of the following is not necessarily a means may an agency relationship be terminated?

Which of the following holds the principal-employer liable for any harm caused by the agent-employee during the time that the agent-employee is working for the principal?

Which of the following is true regarding liability of an agent acting within his or her authority on a contract involving an undisclosed principal?

In order to terminate a principal's responsibility, actual notice of agency termination must be given to third parties who have had business interactions with the agent.

Which of the following is true regarding liability of a principal if a contract an agent makes with a third party expressly excludes the principal from the contract?

Which of the following is false regarding termination of agency in the Netherlands?

How long does an agent's apparent authority continue once an agency relationship is terminated?

Which of the following refers to an employer's right, if any, to recover from an employee damages the employer paid a third party as a result of the employee's negligence?

Which of the following was the result in Iglesia Cristiana La Casa Del Senor Inc., Etc. v. L.M., the case in which an alleged victim sued the former pastor and a church alleging the pastor had sexually assaulted her when she was a minor?

As discussed in the text, which of the following is true regarding electronic contracts and agency authority in Singapore?

The doctrine of ______ applies in the context of the principal/employer-agent/employee relationship in relation to liability of the principal/employer for acts of the agent/employee.

Which of the following is an agency agreement created for the agent's benefit, not for the principal's?

"The Big Sale." Christy, the owner of ABC department store, needed to hire a number of employees in a hurry because of a big summer sale she was planning. Bob was hired by Christy to run a cash register and to assist customers with taking large purchases to their cars. Bob encountered a particularly annoying customer, Frank. Frank started complaining the minute he saw Bob. Frank complained about having to wait for Bob to assist him with carrying his television purchase to his car, about the merchandise in the store, and about the quality of the store's employees. Bob tried to control himself while he carted Frank's television to the car. The final straw, however, came when Bob told Frank that he should get the earring out of his ear, cut his hair, and act professionally. Bob threw the television to the ground and punched Frank in the nose. Frank did investigation and discovered that Bob has been fired from his previous three jobs for taking violent action against customers. Two of his former employers are willing to testify that if Christy had called them, they would have disclosed Bob's tendencies to her. Bob listed the former employers on his application, but because she was in a hurry to hire employees, Christy did not take the time to check with the former employers. Another problem confronting Christy during the big sale is that Susie, a long-time employee of Christy who had never caused any problem before, accidentally, but negligently, dropped a box on the foot of Greg, a customer. Greg had to have an X-ray and is threatening to sue both Christy and Susie. -Which of the following is true regarding whether Greg has any right of recovery against Christy for his injured foot?

Which of the following is true if an agent has no authority to act on behalf of a principal, but the agent still enters into a contract with a third party?

There are two basic types of power of attorney: special and allocated.

If a manager has business transactions in one of the European Union countries and wants to terminate an agency relationship, he or she would want to have access to knowledge about which of the following?

Which of the following was the result in Larry S. Lawrence v. Bainbridge Apartments, the case in the text in which the window washer argued that he was entitled to recover against the building owner for his injuries in a fall?

Which of the following was the result in Angela & Raul Ruiz v. Fortune Insurance Co., the case in the text in which the plaintiffs claimed that the defending insurer was liable to them for a loss to their mobile home although the agency to which plaintiffs' premium was remitted no longer had an agency relationship with the defendant; and the defendant had not received the payment nor renewed the plaintiffs' policy?

Trudy, who was angry with her business law teacher, Tom, because of a hard test, angrily watched him come into the fast food restaurant where she worked as a cashier. She noticed that he had on his new designer suit, the one he wore when he wanted to impress the chancellor. Trudy completely lost her temper, threw a milkshake on Tom, and then reached across the counter and punched him in the eye. The police were called. Tom says that he wants both Trudy and the owner of the restaurant, Sally, arrested. Assuming that Trudy committed the crimes of assault and battery, is Sally also criminally responsible? Set forth reasoning in support of the conclusion.