Mansoor Akhtar lived rent-free in the basement of Anila Dairkee’s duplex in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for more than a year. When Dairkee asked Akhtar to move out, he refused. She changed the locks and advised him to remove his property from the duplex. But he did not. About a year later, while Dairkee was staying in New York, her father had the basement cleaned out. When Dairkee returned four months later, she learned that her father had disposed of Akhtar’s property. Akhtar filed a suit in a Minnesota state court against Dairkee, alleging that she had wrongfully disposed of his property. [Akhtar v. Dairkee, 2017 WL 1210140 (Minn.Ct.App. 2017)] (See Mislaid, Lost, and Abandoned Property.) 

(a) Dairkee contended that Akhtar had abandoned his property. Is she correct? Explain. 

(b) Using the Review step of the IDDR approach, consider whether Dairkee’s handling of Akhtar’s property was ethical.