RERERENCE: Miguel is a salesman for Hyperion Car Dealership. One day, he is negotiating the price on an SUV with Tom, a new customer. Miguel is a skilled negotiator, and Tom becomes frustrated that he is not getting a lower price. Tom begins loudly insulting Miguel, shouting racial slurs and threatening to have Miguel deported. Miguel is shaken by this incident. He has difficulty sleeping and experiences a decline in his job performance, and then a decline in his salary, which is based on sales commissions.

QUESTIONS:

a. What specific type of tort case in which the business is the plaintiff would this be? Explain.

b. What conditions does the plaintiff need to prove in this type of tort case? What specific proof (if any) does the plaintiff have in this scenario? Organize this information into a table.

c. What remedy (if any) may the plaintiff expect as the outcome of this tort case, and why?