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An agent signs a transaction for a disclosed principal. The third party also sues the agent personally, arguing that...
An agent signs a transaction for a disclosed principal. The third party also sues the agent personally, arguing that an agent is always liable whenever the principal refuses to pay. Which statement is most accurate? This...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
An agent buys equipment in the agent's own name for an undisclosed principal, within the price limit the principal ga...
An agent buys equipment in the agent's own name for an undisclosed principal, within the price limit the principal gave the agent. The seller does not know the principal exists. Which statement is most accurate? This que...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
An unauthorized agent signs one indivisible purchase contract for a single lot of goods. The principal later sells th...
...igns one indivisible purchase contract for a single lot of goods. The principal later sells the most valuable goods from the lot and tries to reject the rest of the transaction. Which statement best describes the effect...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
An unauthorized agent signs one purchase contract. The principal learns the material terms, keeps the goods, and sell...
An unauthorized agent signs one purchase contract. The principal learns the material terms, keeps the goods, and sells part of them at a profit. Which statement best describes ratification? This question tests ratificati...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
A delivery employee negligently injures a pedestrian while driving the employer delivery route. Which statement best...
...iving the employer delivery route. Which statement best describes the principal's liability? This question tests principal liability for agent torts. Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
A store owner repeatedly tells a supplier that Manager handles inventory orders and lets Manager sign purchase forms...
A store owner repeatedly tells a supplier that Manager handles inventory orders and lets Manager sign purchase forms for months. Which rule best describes apparent authority? This question tests apparent authority. Re...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
BrightHome sells solar batteries. Its website says, "Our BrightHome installation team handles your project from sale...
...potential liability for the fire. This essay tests multiple routes to principal liability where the alleged wrongdoer is labeled an independent contractor. Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
Harbor Coffee, a sole proprietorship owned by Priya, buys beans from Coast Roasters every month. Priya tells Coast's...
...r Priya is liable to Coast for Noel's $14,000 order. This essay tests principal liability on a contract signed by an agent with disputed actual and apparent authority. Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
A business owner tells a supplier that her purchasing manager handles inventory orders. The owner privately tells the...
A business owner tells a supplier that her purchasing manager handles inventory orders. The owner privately tells the manager not to buy more than $5,000 of goods per month. The manager signs a $7,500 ordinary invento...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
A buyer knows she is dealing with a company's sales agent. The agent signs an ordinary sales contract within actual a...
...the basic rule that authorized agent transactions bind the disclosed principal. Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
A home-services company calls installers independent contractors, but it schedules appointments, requires company uni...
...most accurate? This question tests independent-contractor labels and principal liability. Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
An owner privately tells a manager not to buy more than $5,000 of inventory. The manager later orders $7,500 of goods...
...0 of goods from a supplier. What fact would most help the owner avoid liability to the supplier? This question tests when a private authority limit defeats third-party liability. Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
June manages purchasing for Vista Nursery but has authority only to buy ordinary supplies. Without approval, June sig...
...nciples. This essay focuses on ratification as an independent path to principal liability after an initially unauthorized transaction. Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
Marisol wants to buy a rare printing press for her publishing company but worries the seller will demand a higher pri...
...lyze Marisol's and Theo's liability on the contract. This essay tests principal liability where the third party did not know the principal existed when the contract was made. Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
River Bistro employs Lina as a delivery driver. While delivering a catering order on her assigned route, Lina neglige...
...ity and Lina's personal liability for each incident. This essay tests principal responsibility for agent torts and limits for unrelated or unauthorized wrongs. Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency secs. 2.01-2.03, 4.01, 6.01-6.03, 7.03-7.08
Strict Liability
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Products Liability
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Vicarious Liability
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Limited Liability Companies
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Partner Authority and Liability
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A getaway driver was tried for aiding a robbery. The alleged robber had earlier been acquitted in a separate trial be...
...f helping the robber escape. What is the correct rule? This MCQ tests principal conviction and accomplice liability. NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Criminal Law and Procedure III.B, Common law accomplice-liability prin...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Criminal Law and Procedure III.B, Common law accomplice-liability principles