Employer Engel Manufacturing asked 1 of its employees, Alex, to design electronic plans forWhizball, a game it planned to produce and sell. Alex said he thought he could do the job after work for about $1,500. During the next year, the project became more complicated, and Alex devoted substantially more time to it than had been expected. Engel said it would pay him for his work.When the project was mostly done, Engel fired Eaton and refused to pay him because the electronic plans were not completed. Engel claimed Eaton breached an express contract and that it got nothing of value.

Is Engel correct?

Did the contract need to be in writing?

Could Alex delegate his responsibility to perform the contract to a third party?