Failure to Launch

Part One - the contract

Give the definition of a contact.Discuss whether each element is present and discuss whether believe a contract has been formed between Paula, Sue, and Al.Support your answer as to whether you think it is valid, void, or voidable.

Does Paula have a fiduciary relationship with Sue and Al?If so, does she breach that relationship?

Do Paula, Sue, and/or Al ever breach the contract?

How, if at all, do Paula's roommate and Tripp's friends affect the contract?

Part Two - Ethics

Assuming the contact is legal, what are the ethical implications raised by such a contract? Discuss the ethical theories that Paula and Tripp's parents would use to support their actions.

Paula's business may be legal, but do you believe it is ethical? Why or why not?

Part Three - Defenses and/or Damages

What, if any, defenses could Sue, Al, and/or Paula assert if they were sued by Tripp?

What damages, if any, could Al, Sue, and/or Tripp obtain from Paula?

LINK FOR PART 1:

https://youtu.be/DjANcJEduN0

PLEASE LOOK AT VIDEOS IN THE LINK ABOVE.

Brief summary of movie:

Tripp (played by Matthew McConaughey) is a ladies man who likes to end his romantic relationships by letting the women meet his parents. The women usually forsake him after that, not because Tripp's parents are ogres or weird, but because Tripp still lives at home.

Tripp's parents are anxious to get Tripp out on his own, especially since he has a successful job selling boats and small yachts. When they hear that one of their friends hired a female consultant, Paula, to help their own adult son leave the house, they decide to hire Paula (played by Sarah Jessica Parker). Paula's modus operandi is to start a relationship with the intended victim and inspire the man's feelings of confidence and his innate male desire to protect a woman in distress.

Tripp is more attractive than Paula's usual clients, and they start falling romantically for each other. Paula learns through Tripp's best friends that he has a good reason for his "failure to launch." Before she can tell him the truth about her job, however, Tripp learns the truth. His pain and anger at being betrayed by Paula, not to mention his parents, ends their relationship on bitter terms. Tripp's friends and Paula's wacky roommate, however, devise a comical scheme to get them back together, which they end up together.