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7. You drive your car to a nice restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, and turn your car, and the car keys over to

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7. You drive your car to a nice restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, and turn your car, and the car keys over to the Fisherman's Wharf Valet Service. They hand you a small ticket to claim the car later. You have dinner at the restaurant, then come down to get your car. Unfortunately your car has been stolen by unknown thieves. When you demand payment for your car, they point out the ticket says: "Fisherman's Wharf Valet Service is not responsible for lost or stolen property." Who will win, if you sue the Fisherman's Wharf Valet Service? (hint - you will have to read up on "bailments," and on "license-to-use" to properly answer this one!) a. You lose - they are not responsible for your car once they park it. b. You win this was a "license-to-use" situation c. You win - this was a "bailment" situation 8. Terry owns an eight-unit apartment building. He has had complaints about the noise coming from the frequent parties in Unit 6. Without going through any court procedures, Terry changes the locks on that apartment while the tenants are away, so they no longer have access to the unit. Terry has just made an illegal eviction of his tenants. True or False 9. Susan wrote a new novel "The Importance of Being Rich," and saved her novel on her computer hard-drive on June 1, 2019. She also printed out a copy on her home printer. The cleaner that she hired to clean her apartment finds the printed copy of the book, duplicates it and sells 100,000 copies of it on Amazon during June and July of 2019. The cleaner gets paid S1,000,000 by Amazon, and quits working as a cleaner. Susan finds out about this in September of 2019. She can file a lawsuit against the cleaner under the legal theory of: a. breach of contract b. tort claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress c. crime of robbery d. patent violation e. violation of copyright 10. Scott takes $10,000 from his bank account to set up a small donut-shop business. He meets with an attorney, and finds out he can set up a sole proprietorship for under $100, but a corporation would cost over $500 (S175 to the state, about $400 to the attorney). He decides on a sole proprietorship. He signs a one-year lease, and starts his business. After six months of operations, he closes the business because of much-lower-than-expected sales. After using the $10,000 from Scott, the business has unpaid expenses of: $6,000 remaining rent due on the business lease thru end of the lease $5,000 in wages to employees $3,000 in payroll taxes $35,000 in medical bills for a customer injured when a donut rack falls over on the customer, breaking several bones in the customer's legs, and leaving the customer unable to work for several months. Scott's personal liability for these unpaid expenses is: a. limited to the $10,000 already invested b.limited to the S10,000 already invested, plus the wages and taxes owed c.complete liability for all debts d. no liability at all

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