1. Many household services professionals such as carpenters, plumbers, and electricians do business as sole proprietors. If they make a promise to their customers that their work (not the products themselves) will be free from defects for a certain period of time (i.e., a warranty), and then subsequently sell their business assets to another individual, is the buyer bound by the promises made by the seller? Why or why not?

2. D.b.a. statutes prohibit sole proprietors from using certain words such as "company," "Corp." or "Inc." in their fictitious names. Why do you think this rule exists?

3. If a sole proprietor dies suddenly, what do you think happens to the business run by the sole proprietor?