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Reliance On Oral Promises: Statute Of Frauds And Promissory Estoppel, David G. Epstein
Reliance On Oral Promises: Statute Of Frauds And Promissory Estoppel, David G. Epstein
Law Faculty Publications
Reliance on oral promises is the basis not only for law school hypotheticals but also for real world litigation. Consider the following hypothetical based on the 1970 Supreme Court of Hawaii decision in Mcintosh v. Murphy: Tex moved from Lubbock, Texas to Oklahoma to work for Murphy Motors Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, an Okmulgee car dealership. Tex signed a lease for an apartment in Okmulgee. After two months as assistant sales manager, Murphy Motors fired Tex. Tex sued Murphy Motors alleging breach of an alleged oral agreement that she would be employed for two years. It is understandable that a jury might not …
Dear Sir Or Madam: You Cannot Contract In A Closet, David J. Depippo
Dear Sir Or Madam: You Cannot Contract In A Closet, David J. Depippo
University of Richmond Law Review
This comment will examine this seemingly basic question through the lens of two recent Gateway cases. In Hill v. Gateway 2000, Inc., the Seventh Circuit held that the Standard Terms were part of the sales agreement, and thus, the consumer was bound by them. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas, in Klocek v. Gateway, Inc., however, held that the contract for sale had been made when the seller identified the computer for shipping, or at the very least, shipped the computer, and thus, the Standard Terms were merely proposals of additional terms to which the consumer …
The Collision Of Tort And Contract In The Construction Industry, Murray H. Wright, Edward E. Nicholas Iii
The Collision Of Tort And Contract In The Construction Industry, Murray H. Wright, Edward E. Nicholas Iii
University of Richmond Law Review
Over the past two decades, several courts have allowed construction industry plaintiffs to assert tort claims to recover for purely economic losses (i.e. other than injury to person or property) from other participants in the construction process. Parties assert tort claims, instead of or in addition to contract claims, to take advantage of the more liberal tort damage rules and, probably more importantly, to escape unfavorable contract provisions. This article briefly discusses the different origins and goals of tort and contract law. It then reviews some of the decisions allowing recovery of purely economic losses in tort as well as …
Twisting Slowly, Slowly In The Wind: The Effect Of Delay On A Surety's Obligations In Virginia, Michael J. Herbert
Twisting Slowly, Slowly In The Wind: The Effect Of Delay On A Surety's Obligations In Virginia, Michael J. Herbert
University of Richmond Law Review
It is a commonplace among lawyers that the surety, especially the uncompensated surety, is a favorite of the law whose obligations are strictly construed, and with whose sacred rights no designing creditor dare tamper with impunity. In fact, a more reliable maxim might be that "the [surety's] lot is not a happy one." While at common law any change in the obligation of the principal to the creditor discharges the surety, this rule, in many respects, is quite meaningless; and, even where meaningful, easily circumvented. The consent of the surety to a change in the obligation generally precludes discharge, even …
A Synopsis Of The Major Revisions To Article 9 Of The Uniform Commercial Code Adopted By Virginia, John W. Edmonds Iii
A Synopsis Of The Major Revisions To Article 9 Of The Uniform Commercial Code Adopted By Virginia, John W. Edmonds Iii
University of Richmond Law Review
When the Uniform Commercial Code became effective in Mississippi and South Carolina on January 1, 1968, it reached its goal of near uniform enactment. Maintaining this achievement of uniform adoption, however, has proven to be most difficult with regard to the Code's treatment of "secured transactions" in Article 9. In 1966, the Permanent Editorial Board 2 noted that there had been 337 non-uniform, non-official amendments to Article 9 of the Code. Accordingly, the Board established a Review Committee to restudy Article 9 in depth and report its findings. The study culminated in the Final Report of the Permanent Editorial Board …
Uniform Commercial Code- Breach Of Warranty- Applicable Statute Of Limitations For Personal Injury
Uniform Commercial Code- Breach Of Warranty- Applicable Statute Of Limitations For Personal Injury
University of Richmond Law Review
Statutes of limitation are statutes of repose, the object of which is to compel the exercise of a right of action within a reasonable time. They are designed to suppress fraudulent and stale claims from being asserted after a great lapse of time, to the surprise of the parties, when the evidence may have been lost, the facts may have become obscure because of defective memory, or the witnesses have died or dis- appeared.
A Child's First Book Of Sellers' And Buyers' Remedies- Then And Now, Harry L. Snead Jr.
A Child's First Book Of Sellers' And Buyers' Remedies- Then And Now, Harry L. Snead Jr.
University of Richmond Law Review
If you are one of those uncomfortable lawyers who as yet has not made his first penetration into Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code perhaps this brief comparative note can start you on the road to learning the sellers' and buyers' remedies under the Code. The emphasis will be on fundamental differences in approach between the Code and prior law; detailed treatment may be found in texts, treatises, and numerous law review articles.