-BUS 415 Week 3 DQ 1
Hazel is 84, and suffers from debilitating arthritis. Sometimes, she can barely walk. Every time Hazel has been unable to get around, her neighbor Ruth cooks and cleans for her until she feels better. Hazel has offered to pay Ruth, but Ruth always declines. One day when Hazel is feeling well, she and Ruth eat out in a restaurant, and Hazel tells Ruth she is going to leave her $50,000 in her will. Six months later, Hazel dies without leaving a will. Can Ruth successfully sue Hazel’s estate for $50,000? State the legal reasons for your answer.
- BUS 415 Week 3 DQ 2
: What is the purpose of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)? What types of transactions are covered by the UCC? What problems was the UCC designed to address? How would interstate transactions be different without the UCC? Provide an example.
-BUS 415 Week 3 DQ 3
Distinguish between a joint tenancy and a tenancy in common with regards to real property. What are the differences in the owners’ rights and obligations between the types of ownership?
- BUS 415 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Synopsis of Tort Cases Paper
- BUS 415 Week 3 Team Assignment Synopsis of Tort Cases S- 2
- BUS 415 Week 4 DQ 1
Elaine and Roy are registered nurses. They want to start a home health agency, taking referrals from physicians and providing health care to homebound patients. They plan to be in business for 10 years. Identify the reasons why incorporation is an effective idea for their business, the steps they must take to incorporate their business, and the steps they must take to dissolve the corporation once the 10 years has passed. (Please apply your discussion specifically to the business above and give illustrations involving that business.)
- BUS 415 Week 4 DQ 2
Tom inherited his father’s landscaping business, and incorporated the business after he read an article in Lawn News, advising landscaping businesses to incorporate. Tom has been sued by a customer, whose prize rose bushes were accidentally damaged by a landscaper. Tom called his attorney, Hector, to represent him in the lawsuit. When Hector asked for the corporate minutes, Tom said, “What corporate minutes?” Hector advised Tom that his personal assets could be taken if he lost the suit, but Tom said, “No, don’t worry! I’m a corporation; I have no personal liability!” Is Tom correct? Identify and discuss the legal principle that would be applied by a court to resolve this issue, and predict the outcome of the suit against Tom
-BUS 415 Week 4 DQ 3
: For this DQ, think of a business you might like to start - briefly describe it. Decide upon a business type/organization (sole proprietorship, LLC, C-Corp, etc.) and state why you chose that type. Describe all of the steps you need to take to legally form your business in your particular state of residence (MA).
-BUS 415 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment - Foodmart, Inc. Paper