Background In April 2010, Gene Ford signed a 5 years contract which includes a liquidated damages clause with Kent State University to work as a head coach of a basketball team with a total salary of $300,000. The liquidated damages clause state that if Ford quit before the end of the contract, he need to pay a liquidated damages to the school in an amount equal to his salary ($ 300,000) multiplied by the number of years remaining on the contract. However, in March 2011, Ford quit his job at Kent State
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A contract is defined as a legally binding agreement made between two or more persons. It is necessary that certain elements be fulfilled for a contract to be legally enforceable, that is, an unequivocal offer and acceptance between the contracting parties, applicable consideration, intention to create legal relations and sufficient capacity. The first issue to be resolved is whether the doctrine of frustration would discharge the contract between Edmund and Fiona and secondly, whether any monies
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CONTRACT OF LEASE CONTRACT OF LEASE KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY (BSU) is an institutions of higher learning of Republic of the Philippines, situated in Batangas City and Represented by the partners herein after the lessor, And The LESEE DIL Manuacturing Company, a partnership duly organized and existing under and by the virtue of the laws of the Philippines, with its principal place of business at Balagtas, Batangas City. WITHNESSETH The
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relational component of the psychological contracts. Breach of Psychological contract happens when one party to the contract perceives that contractual obligations committed or promised by the other party has not been full filled (Rousseau, 1995). Employees respond in a variety of ways for a breach of a psychological contract by the organization (Rousseau, 1995). Employees tend to respond in negatively in numerous ways to a breach of psychological contract as predicted by the social exchange theory
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the trading and exchange of the goods, services within their respective jurisdictions. The security act of 1934 has fully empowered the Security exchange commission the power to discipline individuals and entities that are regulated in breach of industry rules and regulation. The Commodities Future Trading Commission on the other hand was created in 1974 to protect individuals, the public and industry players from manipulating, fraud and potentially abusive practices.
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Whenever an business agreement is made some type of contract follows right behind. Whether it is verbal, electronic or written, a contract has requirements and must be followed or it is considered a breach of the contract. When a breach of a contract happens a lawsuit is what most would prefer to obtain justice. A lawsuit is exactly what the children of Terry Gilkyson did against most of our childhood tv show, Disney. Terry Gilkyson was a successful songwriter back in the fifties and sixties who
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Date : April 17, 2010 Reflective Essay Topic : Breach of Contract Introduction and Classification of Law: This article involves contract law- primarily the breach of contract and the punitive damages associated with it. In early 1984 Robinson helicopter Inc contracted Dana parts to purchase sprag clutches for the helicopters that robinson manufactures with a specified design and hardness. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved design specification for Robinson’s helicopters
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might be in breach of contract with CadMex will be given. Next, a discussion of what remedies are available will to be conducted. From there, a recommendation will be made on how the Gentura situation will be handled. An analysis for selecting the proper forum and venue for dispute resolution will be included. Finally, an analysis of the situation from an ethical standpoint will be done in order to support ones recommendation. I. Breach of Contract Breach of a contract between two parties
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Tort and contract law are similar in that both involve a breach of duties, and in modern law these duties have blurred and it may not be clear whether an action "sounds in tort or contract". With contract violations, the breach has to do with the duties that have been named in the contract. Tort violations however also involve some sort of breach of duty which can be viewed as the causes of action which are not defined in other areas such as contract or fiduciary law,as in the case of “Donoghue v
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signed the contract made by Sarah. Therefore signature rule applied and Robin was bound by the contents of the documents even though she did not read and understand the contract (Case from L’Estrange v Graucob). 2. Parol Evidence Rule Written contract contains all the terms and conditions of the agreements, and Sarah cannot subtract form, add to, vary or contradict the language of the written instrument. 3. Whether the Oral statement made by Sarah is a term of contract? In this
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