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Joe and Molly have the same boring business-law class at 2:30 PM. Before class begins on Monday, Joe tells Molly he will give her $10 when class is over. Molly replies, “Thanks, Joe! You’re the best!” After class, Joe refuses to give Molly $10, Molly tells Joe he’s the worst, and Joe leaves the classroom. Which is true?

Trevor is 30 years old. He has smoked one pack of cigarettes per day every day since he was 25 years old. The legal smoking age in his state is 21. His friend, Betty, wants Trevor to quit smoking, so she promised him $5,000 if he did not smoke a cigarette for 6 months. Relying on this promise, Trevor stopped smoking, and he did not smoke a single cigarette for the next 6 months. Trevor went to Betty to get his money, but Betty refused to pay, saying their agreement was not supported by mutual consideration. Is Betty correct?

Jose and Gabrielle have an express contract with each other, which necessarily means that they put their agreement in writing.

Trent is 15 years old. Lamar is 30 years old. They form a contract with one another. Assuming there was a valid offer, a valid acceptance of said offer, mutual consideration, and that the subject matter of the contract was legal, which is true?

Betty was adjudicated by a court to be legally incompetent. The court appointed her a guardian. The next day, without her court-appointed guardian’s knowledge, Betty signed a contract for a life-insurance policy. What is the status of the contract?

On October 10, Luverne mails (by U.S. Postal Service) an offer to Doug. The offer does not state anything whatsoever about requirements of accepting the offer. The offer reaches Doug on October 20. On October 21, Doug signs the enclosed contract and puts his postmarked acceptance in the mail. On October 22, Luverne calls Doug and tells him he is revoking his October 10 offer. On October 23, Luverne receives Doug’s acceptance.  Which is true?

Rousseau promises to pay his 21-year-old son $550 if he does not attend an upcoming heavy-metal concert. Son agrees. Which is true of this agreement?

Cecilia makes an offer to Gerald. Gerald is not sure whether he wants to accept the offer and feels he needs more time to think it over, so he asks Cecilia whether she will accept $20 from him, in return for giving him until 5PM the following day, to give her an answer. Cecilia agrees and accepts the $20. Later that day and before she has heard anything from Gerald, Cecilia meets Karla, who is willing to enter into a contract with Cecilia that would be much better financially for Cecilia than would the potential contract with Gerald. So, later that same day and before she has heard anything from Gerald, Cecilia forms a contract with Karla and calls Gerald and tells him the offer to him is revoked. Which is true?

Tort law is a branch of _______ law that is typically based in ________ law.

Paris sues Nicole for negligence. A jury finds that Nicole is 90% responsible for Paris’ injuries and that Paris is 10% responsible for her own injuries. Assuming the jurisdiction follows the majority rule of comparative negligence, how much, in percentage, is Paris entitled to?