1. Your employer has just informed you that the company is being sued for breach of contract based upon a contract one of your co-workers entered into with a third person. Your employer wants you to tell her if the company can be held liable on the contract. What information would you need to know in order to answer this question and why?

2. This time, your employer is being sued in tort after one of your co-workers got involved in a car accident. The employer wants to know if the company can be held liable for the employee's negligent driving. What information would you need to answer this question, and why?