1. Samuel promises Olivia $40,000 if she graduates from UCO. Olivia enrolls in UCO, attends full-time for four years, and graduates. When Olivia asks Samuel for $40,000, Samuel says, "I don't remember promising you $40,000. But if there was a promise, it's not enforceable, because we didn't bargain for it. And even if there was a promise that would otherwise be enforceable, I revoke it now."

Can Olivia enforce Samuel's "promise?"Why or why not?Explain your answer thoroughly using logic and the information you learned in your textbook and Online lectures.Cite any information that you did not originate.

2.PipeDown Company (PDC) ships its only pump to FixIt Corporation (FIC), the manufacturer, for repair. PDC hires CarryMe, Inc. (CMI), to take the pump to FIC and to return it to PDC as soon as the repair is complete. PDC is forced to suspend operations without a pump, but CMI does not know this. PDC expects to be without the pump for five days and to lose profits of $5,000. When the pump is not returned by the end of the fifth day, PDC rents a pump at a cost of $100 per day. CMI delays five more days before returning the pump. PDC files a suit against CMI, asking for both compensatory and consequential damages.

Will PipeDown recover? Explain thoroughly.

3.Levi, a driver for Dakota Delivery Company (DDC), leaves the truck's motor running in neutral and carelessly forgets to set the parking brake while he makes a delivery. The truck rolls and crashes into a nearby gas station pump, igniting a fire that spreads quickly to a construction site a block away. A burned wall collapses onto a crane, which falls on, and injures, a bystander, Sandina.

What must Sandina show to recover damages from Levi?

4.Cordelia was walking to her car in the University parking lot when a boyfriend she had just broken up with approached her, shouting and waving his arms wildly. He grabbed her, dragged her to his car, hit the automatic door locks, and, taking out a large pair of scissors, cut off her hair.

1. Identify and discuss thoroughly all the torts committed by the former boyfriend.
2. Would punitive damages be available in these circumstances? Explain thoroughly.