BLAW 341 UPDATED FINAL EXAM ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Elderly man drives 10 mph in fast lane, while the min. speed on a highway is 40
mph. A sleepy driver rear-ends the elderly man. The elderly driver is 55% liable and the
sleepy driver is 45% liable, both have $100 in damages.
Who receives the damage award under pure comparative negligence? - ✔✔-everybody
recovers
-elderly man gets $45 from sleepy
-sleepy man get $55 from elderly
✔✔Amy offers to sell iPad to Bart for $125; asks him to accept by certified mail post-
dated no later than April 1st.
Bart mails acceptance letter by regular mail that is post-dated March 15th. It is lost in
the mail.
When is acceptance effective? - ✔✔regular mail is different from certified mail = no
contract b/c he didn't do certified mail
✔✔Amy offers to sell iPad to Bart for $125; asks him to accept by certified mail post-
dated no later than April 1st.
, Bart mails certified acceptance letter post-dated April 1st that is improperly addressed.
When is acceptance effective? - ✔✔no contract b/c he didn't put the proper address
✔✔Amy offers to sell iPad to Bart for $125; asks him to accept by certified mail post-
dated no later than April 1st.
Bart e-mails rejection on March 15th; then mails acceptance letter by Fed-Ex post-dated
March 15th.
When is acceptance effective? - ✔✔effect goes to whichever is received first
✔✔Gift Promises:
Parents promise freshman new car for college.
Is this promise enforceable? - ✔✔not enforceable b/c only the kid is getting something =
gift
✔✔Gift Promises:
Parents promise freshman new car if they make all A's.
Is this promise enforceable? - ✔✔it is enforceable b/c both parties are receiving
something and giving something in return
✔✔$1 million reward posted for capture of rogue cop. Police officer captures him.
Can he collect the reward? - ✔✔police officer can't recover it b/c it is already their job to
do so
✔✔$1 million reward posted for capture of rogue cop. Citizen provides tip for capture.
Can the citizen collect the reward? - ✔✔citizen can recover the reward b/c it isn't their
obligation to do so
✔✔ABC Construction is doing excavation for a new Penn State dorm. While digging,
they encounter Native American antiquities. Law says these must be removed carefully
and preserved. May ABC Construction pass this cost on to Penn State? - ✔✔-must
know whether artifacts were foreseeable if you dug around that area
-if foreseeable you can't pass off cost
-if not foreseeable you can pass off cost
✔✔Jack and Peter are friends. Over course of the last 4 years, Peter helped with
personal errands. On 1/1/21, Jack gave Peter a note saying he owed him $50,000 for
his help. Jack died soon after.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Elderly man drives 10 mph in fast lane, while the min. speed on a highway is 40
mph. A sleepy driver rear-ends the elderly man. The elderly driver is 55% liable and the
sleepy driver is 45% liable, both have $100 in damages.
Who receives the damage award under pure comparative negligence? - ✔✔-everybody
recovers
-elderly man gets $45 from sleepy
-sleepy man get $55 from elderly
✔✔Amy offers to sell iPad to Bart for $125; asks him to accept by certified mail post-
dated no later than April 1st.
Bart mails acceptance letter by regular mail that is post-dated March 15th. It is lost in
the mail.
When is acceptance effective? - ✔✔regular mail is different from certified mail = no
contract b/c he didn't do certified mail
✔✔Amy offers to sell iPad to Bart for $125; asks him to accept by certified mail post-
dated no later than April 1st.
, Bart mails certified acceptance letter post-dated April 1st that is improperly addressed.
When is acceptance effective? - ✔✔no contract b/c he didn't put the proper address
✔✔Amy offers to sell iPad to Bart for $125; asks him to accept by certified mail post-
dated no later than April 1st.
Bart e-mails rejection on March 15th; then mails acceptance letter by Fed-Ex post-dated
March 15th.
When is acceptance effective? - ✔✔effect goes to whichever is received first
✔✔Gift Promises:
Parents promise freshman new car for college.
Is this promise enforceable? - ✔✔not enforceable b/c only the kid is getting something =
gift
✔✔Gift Promises:
Parents promise freshman new car if they make all A's.
Is this promise enforceable? - ✔✔it is enforceable b/c both parties are receiving
something and giving something in return
✔✔$1 million reward posted for capture of rogue cop. Police officer captures him.
Can he collect the reward? - ✔✔police officer can't recover it b/c it is already their job to
do so
✔✔$1 million reward posted for capture of rogue cop. Citizen provides tip for capture.
Can the citizen collect the reward? - ✔✔citizen can recover the reward b/c it isn't their
obligation to do so
✔✔ABC Construction is doing excavation for a new Penn State dorm. While digging,
they encounter Native American antiquities. Law says these must be removed carefully
and preserved. May ABC Construction pass this cost on to Penn State? - ✔✔-must
know whether artifacts were foreseeable if you dug around that area
-if foreseeable you can't pass off cost
-if not foreseeable you can pass off cost
✔✔Jack and Peter are friends. Over course of the last 4 years, Peter helped with
personal errands. On 1/1/21, Jack gave Peter a note saying he owed him $50,000 for
his help. Jack died soon after.
