You are an attorney working for a large law firm. Anthony, Paul and Silvio retain you to represent them. explain issues presented, be sure to explain the courts (federal or state) to which the matters could be brought and why, and the various legal issues.

Anthouy, a New Jersey resident, and owner of a waste disposal compary in New Jersey decided to expand bis business to the five boroughs of New York City. On a particular Sunday afternoon Anthony and some of his employees drove in the company SUV across the George Washington Bridge and headed to a meeting in the Queens with a loca Queens based waste disposal company in order to enter into a joint venture for the collection of commercial waste. The SUV was traveling at approximately 30 miles per hour on the side strects of the Queens as it headed to the meeting. Tony was driving the car and had his employees, Paul and Silvio (all New Jersey residents) sitting in the back seat of the vehicle. As Tony left the Long Island Expressway at the Utopia Parkway ramp he stopped at a trafiic light. A truck 4aveling from behind was apparently taveling over the speed linit and was unable to stop in time. Tony's SUV was "rear-ended" by the truck The tuck wag owned by the a local nireworks company, a New York domestic corporation and contained fireworks for the upcoming 4th of July display in the East River. Paul and Silvio sustained injuries as a result of the car crash. They were immediately bospitalized. The SUV was "totaled" and could not be ropaired due to the extensive damage. The damage to the SUV (a specially designed Porsche) was $85,000. The cost of the hospitalization to Paul and Silvio wns $15,000 to each respectively. - Anthony was able to keep his business appointument, despite the fact that his entourage was hospitalized. Dhiring the business meeting, Anthony was angered that the Queens Company, Was not interested in the lemus of the contract. He beld a gun to the head of the Queens Company. Vice President and, as a resuit, they agreed to enter into a joint venture agreement. Fis agreement with the Queens based company was as follows: The Queens Company coula use his trucks to for waste removal. They would pay him a monthly rental for the use of his trucks. The Vice President then brought the agreement to the President of the Queens Company President for signature. The President was awoken from slesp andi was presented with the agreement and was told be was signing a contract with a local vendor for tuck parts. He signed the agreement. without reading it as he was still groggy from being awoken. Two weeks later, Paul, who owned an appliance stare, paid for an advertisement in the local Dollarsaver newspaper. The advertisement stated that the first person who entered the store at 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday Oetober 16 , and who purchased a 19 plasmas television sot, would receive a free outdoor barbeque set. Jin entered the store at 9:00 AM on the 16th, purchased the 19n plasma TV and was advised that the appliance store had no barbeque sets in stock. The same day Paul sigzed an agreement with Sony to purchase all of the 19 plasma TVs that Sony produces. Two weeks later, when the first shipmeat arived, Paul riects the shipment ou the basis that there was no contract because the quantity was "too vague." Three weeks later, Silvio decided to sell his home. He met with the potential buyers and advised them that the zoning for the bouse permitted the house to be used as a two-family dvelling and that the property size was sufficient for the town to pemit the construction of an in-ground pool. The real estate broker representing Stlvo concurred. The broker was Silvio"s nephew. The purchnsers, who wanted to convert the house to a two farnily dwelling in arder to move their parents in, signed the agreement and relied upon the broker and Silvio's representation. Weeks later they met with the local Building Department for the town and were told that the zoning laws for the town only permitted one family dwelling for their newly purchased house