1.Patio Masters sells luxury patio furniture and furnishings. Once a year it holds a parking lot sale and allows barbeque retailers to also sell barbeques for which Patio Masters receives a small commission for each sale during the parking lot sale. Some of the barbeques sold are designed to be portable and moved by pulling or pushing them on their back wheels. This year there have been many complaints received from purchasers on one particular model because the plastic wheels easily break off making the barbeques unable to easily portable. The manufacturer of these barbeques has filed bankruptcy and has ignored customer's complaints.

(A) Could Patio Masters possibly be liable to the purchasers of the broken barbeques on contractual remedies under the UCC?Specifically explain why.

(B)What possible defense could Patio Masters assert in a defense to a breach of contract action against it under the UCC? Specifically explain your answer.

Your response should be at least 100 words.( 50 pts )

2.In Duncan v. General Motors sexual discrimination case based on maintaining a "hostile work place environment", the majority of the appeals judges believed the facts were not significant or egregious enough to find that the work place was hostile. To understand the full case please read "Workplace discrimination" in the Week 5 module.

(A)Do you believe that the judges should have substituted their own opinions on how serious Duncan's conduct in place of the jury's opinion which was based on hearing the direct testimony and evidence? Explain your answer.

(B)Do you think the courts have set a clear and understandable standard and definition of just what constitutes a "hostile work place environment"? Specifically explain your answer.

(C)How could the law be changed to create less uncertainty as to what conduct is sufficient to constitute a "hostile work place environment?

Your response should be a minimum of 200 words.( 50 pts )