A hospital corporation (its Articles of Incorporation specify that the purpose of the corporation is to provide healthcare services) wants to expand its business portfolio to include fast food franchises scattered across the city it is based in.  It contracts with Indigestion Construction Company to build the restaurants.  The construction company decides before it starts building that there are other, more lucrative contracts it might be able to get, so it informs the hospital corporation that it is not going to move forward with the construction.  Will the hospital corporation be successful in a breach of contract lawsuit against the construction company?

Sarah, a 15-year-old, purchases a fully loaded wheelchair for her grandmother from A-1 Motors Inc. Sarah’s contract is _____.

__________ is the process of investigating the facts of a case before trial.

Peter Samprini is a famous tennis player, well-known for winning numerous tennis tournaments worldwide. Peter had his annual physical at his primary care physician’s private office in Malibu. Peter was in a bad mood, and was fairly rude to the physician. To get back at Peter, the physician told his entire country club that Peter only won the tennis tournaments because Peter used a special racket that was not allowed under tennis rules. In actuality, Peter used a racket that was allowed under tennis rules. If Peter brings a claim in defamation against the physician, is Peter likely to prevail?

What does a civil complaint contain?

Joanne is a passenger in a car driven by Paul, whose negligence causes an accident, injuring himself. Joanne, uninjured and for no particular reason, accompanies Paul to the hospital in a fast ambulance. The ambulance is hit by a car driven by Dodi, injuring Joanne. Joanne files a suit against Paul, whose best defense is:

Donna was the closed MRI technician and a practical joker. One day, after a patient’s closed MRI was complete, Donna waited 10 minutes before coming into the room to let the patient exit just for fun. The patient begins to hyperventilate once they realize Donna wasn’t coming back into the room to let them out of the machine.  If the patient brings a claim against Donna for false imprisonment, what is the likely result?

Leo slips and falls in LabCo and is injured. Leo files a suit against LabCo for $50,000. If Leo is 20 percent at fault and LabCo is 80 percent, under a common law/traditional contributory negligence doctrine, Leo would recover:

If a contract is to be considered valid, an offer must be __________.

Prior to a minor surgery, Wyatt signs a consent form.  Neither the consent form nor the physician disclose a very rare and very minor risk, but the form contains a list of 20 moderate to serious risks.  This risk manifests during the surgery, and Wyatt suffers minor harm.  He wants to file a complaint alleging negligence/lack of informed consent.  Is Wyatt likely to be successful?