Brent owned an animal sanctuary. Jaime and Sue owned two rare white leopards named Spot and Spotless. Brent approached Jaime about allowing him to bread the leopards. Jaime said that he intended to donate Spot to the sanctuary and would do so if the sanctuary housed and fed Spotless for one year and any offspring born from the mating would be split 50/50.

Brent agreed and the leopards went to the sanctuary. The breading was successful, and 4 pups were birthed. Brent did not tell Jaime and Sue about the pups and when Jaime and Sue went to retrieve Spotless, Brent claimed that Spotless had also been donated and would not return the leopard.

What tort action can you take and what damages and remedies can be sought?

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There are a couple of potential tort actions Jaime and Sue can pursue against Brent for his deceptiv... View the full answer