Dean, the President of Billing & Credit Company, Promises to Pay

Essay

Dean, the president of Billing & Credit Company, promises to pay his employee Ewing, who is dangerously obese, $10 for every pound that he loses within the next eleven months. Ewing agrees, diets and exercises, loses 154 pounds, and asks Dean for $1,540. Dean refuses to pay, saying that he does not remember the promise, but that even if he did make it, there was no consideration, and Ewing's improved health is a sufficient benefit for his effort and sacrifice. Ewing files a suit against Dean. In whose favor is the court likely to rule, and why?