Read Lumber Sales Inc. v. Julious Brown and consider the Critical Thinking Questions,

The goal of this assignment is start to learn lessons from cases and translate them into business actions. This usually means that there was one or more weaknesses in business practices that could be changes to avoid the outcome of the case and, more importantly, protect business interests.

Hint: Avoid finding blame and avoid focusing too much on the fact that this occurred over a holiday (business does not suddenly stop or disappear because of a long weekend).