Janet and Jared had a partnership providing bookkeeping services to local businesses under the

name of J&J Accounting. Jared had recently incurred some large gambling expenses and owed Elsie, his

bookie, a considerable amount of money. Jared offered to work off his debts by providing bookkeeping

services to Elsie's legitimate businesses in the evenings and weekends. Things were working out until

Jared made an error in his calculations on Elsie's accounts, which cost her $15,000.00 to correct.

Elsie called Janet and told her that she would bring an action against J&J Accounting to recover the money

that Jared's negligent bookkeeping had cost her unless Janet paid her right away. 'Talk to that jerk Jared,

it has nothing to do with me!' is all Janet responded to Elsie before slamming the phone down. Elsie sued

Janet and Jared as partners of J&J.

Outline and explain the legal implications of this fact situation for Janet and Jared.