Patty, a resident of California, purchases a car manufacture…
Patty, a resident of California, purchases a car manufactured by Destiny Motors. Destiny is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Michigan. Destiny is a national car manufacturer, and they sell cars in all 50 states through local dealerships. Patty purchased her car from Terrific Cars, an authorized Destiny dealer. Terrific Cars is a corporation organized in California with its principal place of business in California. Terrific Cars only sells cars in California. Patty is on a cross-country road trip. Unbeknownst to Patty, her car has a manufacturer’s defect that causes the steering to malfunction in colder weather. While she is traversing through Colorado, the weather turns cold and her steering malfunctions, causing her to crash into a tree. She suffers significant but not life-threatening injuries. Patty sues Destiny Motors and Terrific Cars in the Federal District Court for the Central District of California. Question 1: Discuss whether the Federal District Court has personal jurisdiction over Destiny Motors. Question 2: Discuss whether the Central District of California is the proper venue for the lawsuit. Question 3: Are there any other reasons why the Central District of California cannot hear this case?
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A Supply Chain Quality Manager is conducting a two-part audit on a new electronics supplier. Part 1 (Component Defect Rate – Binomial): The supplier claims that their microchips have a defect rate of 10% (). To verify this, the manager randomly tests a sample of 5 microchips. Calculate: The probability that exactly 1 microchip in this sample is defective. Part 2 (Lead Time Variance – T-Distribution): The contract states the average lead time for shipments should be 20 days (
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Raising Cane’s estimates the mean amount spent per customer during the lunch rush. A random sample of n = 18 customer orders is taken. The sample mean was found to be $12.79 with a sample standard deviation of $1.97. Assume the population of amount spent per customer is normally distributed. Select the closest values for t-value (t-statistic or t-cals) for a 90% confidence interval as well as 90% confidence interval for the true mean amount spent per customer.
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