1.Leyla was a 76-year-old woman who died after a long battle with cancer. About a year before she died, her son, Martin, moved into the New York City apartment to care for her while she underwent a series of invasive treatments. Leyla and Martin enjoyed a close relationship until an argument over Leyla's refusal to eat a meal Martin had prepared escalated and ended with Martin shouting, kicking a chair, and breaking dishes. Leyla demanded Martin give her his apartment keys and leave, which he did. The after the argument, Leyla met with her financial advisor to change the beneficiary designations on a few of her brokerage accounts to leave the money to her nephew, Ismael, upon her deathinstead of to Martin. (In essence, she invalidated existing contracts and entered into new ones.) A few days later, Leyla's health declined and she was admitted to the hospital. She called her nephew, Ismael, who came to NY for a few days and stayed with her there before packing her things and moving her in with his family in Durham, NC. The day after they arrived in NC, Ismael took Leyla (apparently mentally sharp and aware but described as physically "frail and weak") to open local accounts to which they transferred her NY accounts. Over the next two weeks, as Leyla approached death and was readmitted twice to the hospital, Ismael rushed to get lawyers and brokers to complete the transfer of all of her assets (worth over $400,000) to him, as well as to issue a "Do Not Resuscitate Order"and Leyla signed everything. A month after she moved to NC, Leyla died. Martin filed a lawsuit asking the court to invalidate the contracts his mother had made following her move to NC. The basic elements of the contracts (offer-acceptance-consideration) were present, but Martin argued that Leyla had not given adequate consent and thus, the judge should invalidate them.

Formulate an argument Martin could use in court to argue that Leyla did not give valid consent. Offer specific evidence from the prompt to support your argument. Do you think the court should invalidate the contracts?(3 pts.)