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A jury found that MotoCo had to pay punitive damages to a plaintiff in a tort claim. The plaintiff was seriously injured when the defective part that MotoCo intentionally included in its SUV failed. The punitive damage award was 25 times the amount of the plaintiff’s compensatory damages. There are no civil penalties that apply in this situation.

Edna used to work with Randall. She noticed that Randall seemed to appear everywhere she was. After a couple of weeks of this, Edna decided that Randall was stalking her. She was worried about her safety, so she told the co-workers who sat near her and her boss that she believed Randall was stalking her, and that she was afraid for her safety. Randall found out about these conversations, and sued Edna for defamation.

Jim recorded a bunch of statements in which she said some nasty things about Don. He then purposely placed the recording as a downloadable file on his Internet website. One of the statements was that Don, an architect, could not design a dog house that would meet the requirements of the building code. This statement is:

Xavier says to Logan “I agree to provide room and board to you if you agree to become a teacher at my special school.” Which of the following will be an acceptance of Xavier’s offer?

Correct English translation:  I opened up a physics textbook and whoa, it is difficult!   Hint:  There is one error in this video. 

Juan owned a building with a store in it on the far side of town, in Rancho Bernarside, California. One evening, after dark, one of his customers left the store and walked across the parking lot to his car. As he neared his car, he was jumped by two criminals wearing dark masks and clothing. They knocked him down and broke his nose. They took his wallet, and car keys. They also stole his car. The customer sued Juan, claiming that he was negligent because he failed to supply security guards to patrol the parking lot, thereby breaching his duty to the customer. Juan claimed that he did not owe this duty to the customer. Who is correct?

Carlos orally contracted with Yuting to work for her for the next five years. Yuting ended the contract for no reason. Carlos comes to you for advice. Which of the following is the best answer? You tell Carlos that __________.

Jim visited Demetrius to see his awesome record collection. Demetrius offers to sell it to Jim for $50,000. Jim replies that he would pay $48,500 for it.

Hank called Scott and told him he had a project, and needed Scott to stay available so he could work on the project for him. Scott said that he had other jobs in mind. Hank said “If you wait and work with me, you will be busy for the next several years.” Scott did not take the other jobs. Hank never contacted Scott again – He decided to hire his daughter Hope to do the work. Scott sued Hank because could not find work for several months.

On Friday, Millie read the following ad in the newspaper: “Saturday – ALL DAY Brand New Coach Bags Worth to $400.00 –  ALL ON SALE – 50% OFF! Limited to stock on hand It was Millie’s birthday, so she decided to treat herself. She got to the store and asked to see the Coach Bags. The employee told her “You should have gotten here earlier. We were cleaned out of those bags within one hour of opening!” Millie insisted that they had to honor the 50% off price on any new stock that comes in. The store refused. Millie sued the store.