Jiang is working as Betty's assistant manager at Bicycle Fish, when she sees Pete put a copy of Hot Socialist Girls magazine under his jacket and leave the store without paying. Roger is a customer at the store when this happens, and he yells to Jiang, "I'll get him!" Roger is chasing Pete when Pete runs headlong into Bert, causing Bert to suffer a concussion. Bert sues Betty under respondeat superior for the tort of her alleged agent, Roger. Betty protests that Roger was never her agent. Who wins?

Select one:

a.

Bert: there was an express agency

b.

Bert: there was an implied agency

c.

Bert: there was an agency by ratification

d.

Betty

Trudy arranges for Sally to look after Trudy's three-legged dog, Tripod, while Trudy is in Somalia on holiday. Trudy leaves on July 1 and is expected back on July 30. On July 15, Tripod dies. On July 20, Trudy dies. On July 25, Sally dies. It's a bloodbath. How did this agency terminate?

Select one:

a.

Act of the Parties

b.

Impossibility

c.

Operation of Law

d.

Other

Harry owns Popular Foods and Lively Potations (PFLP), a wholesale business for snack foods, and he has hired Ken and Pete as his sales associates. Harry has given each of them use of a company car for travel to sales meetings and incidental meals and lodging. On the way to a meeting, Ken stops at Denny's restaurant for lunch and negligently hits Don in the parking lot. On the way home after work, Pete stops at Hooters Bar, where he starts a drunken brawl with Roger. Roger sues both Pete and Harry. Does Roger win?

Select one:

a.

Yes, against Pete

b.

Yes, against Harry

c.

Yes, against both Pete and Harry

d.

No