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The mirror image rule requires identity of forms for the sale of goods to be enforceable.

Of the following promises, which of them does not generally have to be evidenced by writing in order to be enforceable?

Sally asked a neighbor, Tillman, to water her lawn using a hose connected to a faucet outside her house while she was away on a business trip to New York. She’s very worried that the grass will die if it doesn’t receive a daily watering while she is away.  For four days, Tillman did this without incident, but on the fifth day, when he touched the outside faucet, he received a very violent electric shock that shot him through the air, melted his boots, set his hair on fire, and seriously burned his right arm. Tillman sued Sally, claiming she had caused his injuries by negligently repairing a second-floor kitchen sink. Dripping water from the steady leak had flooded through the interior and exterior walls, soaking wires and eventually causing the outside faucet to become electrified. You are Sally’s lawyer. Under which area of the law would the cause of action arise:

All of the below are examples of boilerplate provisions except?

Miller contracts lung cancer as a result of using cleaning products made by ABC for several years. At trial, Miller’s lawyer proves that ABC knew the product caused lung cancer. What is the result?

Why are entrepreneurs often reluctant to hire an attorney to draft a contract?

Grant owes Mary $15,000. Mary’s daughter, Samantha, is graduating medical school and Mary wants to give her money for graduation which will help her rent and furnish her first apartment during residency. Mary decides to assign her rights to the money Grant owes her to Samantha. Mary tells Grant to pay Samantha the $15,000 owed and Mary tells Samantha that Grant will pay her the $15,000. Is this valid?

Fisher is hired to sell Anastasia’s business. While Fisher is looking for a buyer, the quality of the business and its operations starts going downhill. Anastasia later says, very publicly, that she would not even buy product from her own business. After hearing this, Fisher stops putting in effort to sell the business. If Anastasia were to sue Fisher for breach of duty, what would Fisher’s best argument be?

Leslie Brown and some of her fellow employees at ABC Labworks, a company in Enoch, Utah, think they want to form a union, but ABC does not want them to form one. Can they form a union?

The method a court uses to compensate an injured party is called a(n):