Sassy's Funeral Home is handling funeral arrangements for Peter Brown. Peter's widow, Nancy Brown, is the person
Question:
Sassy's Funeral Home is handling funeral arrangements for Peter Brown. Peter's widow, Nancy Brown, is the person undertaking disposition of Peter's Tim body. Nancy plans to buy two hundred purple pancreatic cancer awareness bracelets to give mourners at the wake and funeral. Nancy plans to buy Atte the bracelets from Amazon.com.
a) What is the term used under the FTC Funeral Rule to describe the bracelets which Nancy wants to purchase from Amazon?
b) Define the term mentioned in your answer to part a.
c) What does the law require Sassy to do, and not do, in response to Nancy's request to use the bracelets at the wake and the funeral?
d) Suppose that Nancy asks Sassy keep the bracelets in their office until the time of the wake. What are Sassy's legal obligations with regard to this request?
e) Suppose that Sassy tells Nancy that Peter's wake may include the distribution of bracelets only if they are purchased from a company called All Things Custom, owned by Sassy's sister. What term is used under the FTC Funeral Rule to describe the proposal made by Sassy?
f) Define the term mentioned in your answer to part e.
g) What is the applicable law regarding the obligations of Sassy's Funeral Home for proposals such as the one mentioned in your answer to part e?
h) Using your answer to part g and the facts of this case, explain whether Sassy can require Nancy to purchase the bracelets from All Things Custom in order to have Peter's arrangements handled by Sassy's Funeral Home.
Income Tax Fundamentals 2013
ISBN: 9781285586618
31st Edition
Authors: Gerald E. Whittenburg, Martha Altus Buller, Steven L Gill