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I.Leona, a junior at Baruch College, just received her second dose of the vaccination against the Covid-19 virus and believed that the pandemic would soon
I.Leona, a junior at Baruch College, just received her second dose of the vaccination against the Covid-19 virus and believed that the pandemic would soon be over.She was eager to move back to Manhattan and take advantage of the low rents for Manhattan apartments. She had also heard from friends that the College might have in-person classes for the spring '21 semester, although the College had not yet announced its policy for that semester.
On January 4, 2021, Leona spoke to Tom, the owner of a building near the College and agreed to rent a studio apartment for one year period starting on February 1, 2021 at a rent of $800 per month.
On the same day, she called the "Ikek Furniture Store" and purchased a bed, a sofa and bookshelves for a total price of $1500. In his eagerness to make a sale, Jim, the manager at Ikek, agreed to waive the store policy and not require her written signature and a 10% deposit from Leona.
On January 4th, Leona, also, received a phone call from "Data", a data analytics firm, in which she was offered a one-year position as an analyst at an annual salary of $60,000. She immediately accepted the "Data" job offer. Leona was told to start at Data's midtown Manhattan office on February 1, 2021.Because the NYC vaccination program was proceeding smoothly, Data was optimistic that their employees could return toin-person employment at its offices, in midtown Manhattan, by February 1, 2021.
Following the holidays, Manhattan experienced a significant spike in the number of Covid cases and, on January 28th, the College decided to hold all its classes online.On the same day, Data also decided that it was too soon to return to its midtown Manhattan offices and would instead continue to allow its employees to work from home. Therefore, Leona's services would no longer be required. Data calls Leona to inform her that it was rescinding their job offer to her.
Leona now realizes that she was overly optimistic in her hopes that Manhattan was returning to pre-Covid life. Leona wishes to cancel both her contracts with Tom and Ikek. However, Leona wishes to hold Data to its job offer to her and insists that her employment contract with Data is enforceable.
Which of the following contracts is enforceable?
(a)Tom v. Leona
(b)Ikek v. Leona
(c)Leona v. Data
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