A woman was planning a vacation in a faraway city. She was h…

A woman was planning a vacation in a faraway city. She was hoping to see a certain popular theatre performance while she was in town, but tickets for the show were sold in person at the theater’s box office. She feared that the show would be sold out if she waited to purchase tickets when she arrived in town, so on June 1, the woman mailed a letter to an old friend who lived in the city asking him if he would purchase the tickets for her in exchange for a $100 fee. The friend replied by letter on June 5th that he would do so. But on June 6th, he decided that he didn’t feel like waiting in line for the tickets after all so he sent a text to the woman telling her that her request was too much to ask of him and that he would not get the tickets for her. The woman received the friend’s text immediately. She was disappointed in her friend’s response and did not reply to his text. Still really wanting to see the show, she immediately purchased tickets from an online ticket broker for a $500 fee. On June 7, the woman received her friend’s letter. When the woman did not contact her friend again, he began to feel guilty. On June 8, the friend purchased tickets at the box office and then called the woman to let her know. The woman told her friend that the tickets were no longer needed, and she would not pay him the $100. Insulted, the friend angrily told the woman that he would sue her for breach of contract. Will the friend be successful in his breach of contract action?

A chainsaw manufacturer sent an offer to a home improvement…

A chainsaw manufacturer sent an offer to a home improvement store, offering a dozen chainsaws for $6,000. The home improvement store’s buyer personally mailed back to the manufacturer the store’s standard printed acceptance form. However, the buyer wrote in large letters in her own hand on the form, “Our liability on this contract is limited to $100.” Two days later, the manufacturer received the communication from the home improvement store. A week later, the manufacturer had sent no additional communication to the home improvement store. If the additional term in the home improvement store’s acceptance limiting its liability on the contract is found to be a material alteration of the manufacturer’s offer, what is the relation- ship between the parties?

A pedestrian sued a driver after the driver’s car hit the pe…

A pedestrian sued a driver after the driver’s car hit the pedestrian at an intersection. The pedestrian claims that the driver ran a stop sign and the driver contends that the pedestrian darted out into traffic. The pedestrian seeks to call her friend to the stand to testify that the pedestrian is an extremely cautious person who invariably obeys traffic laws. Should the judge admit the friend’s testimony?