Agency Analysis $(10$ points total$)$

Review Chapter $17$ and answer the following questions. Submit to Canvas by the date and time noted in the syllabus.

$1.$ Lydia is a contractor with a lot of work to do$.$ She is refinishing a basement and needs help with the plumbing portion of the job. She has been looking for a plumber for her other jobs too. Lydia hires a plumber, named Emma, to help. Lydia decides what hours Emma will work, when, and where. She also tells Emma exactly what portion of the plumbing work gets done on a daily basis. Finally, Lydia has added Emma to her professional insurance policy.

A$.$ Do Lydia and Emma have an agency relationship? Why or why not? $(1$ point$)$

B$.$ Emma solicited the homeowner $($Lydia$$s client$)$ for competing work, is she permitted to do this? Why or why not. $(1$ point$)$

C$.$ Emma did an exceptional job so the homeowner $($Lydia$$s client$)$ gives her a gift. Can Emma accept the gift without talking to Lydia? $(1$ point$)$

$2.$ Continuing from Question $1,$ Lydia asks Emma to go purchase some supplies from Lowes for the job. While Emma is driving to Lowes, she gets in a car accident that is her fault and injures Robin. Robin wants to sue both Emma and Lydia to pay her hospital bills.

A$.$ Who can Robin sue to pay her hospitals? $(1$ point$)$

B$.$ Why? $(1$ point$)$

$3.$ Continuing from Question $1,$ Lydia asks Emma to go purchase some supplies from Lowes for the job. Instead, Emma goes to Nordstrom to return a shirt. On her way to Nordstrom, she gets in a car accident that is her fault and injures Janelle. Janelle wants to sue both Emma and Lydia to pay her hospital bills.

A$.$ Who can Janelle sue to pay her hospitals? $(1$ point$)$

B$.$ Why? $(1$ point$)$

Kody is a contractor with a lot of work to do$.$ He is building an addition on to the back of a house, and he needs an professional tile layer to work on the bathroom. Kody contacts a tile professional, named Martin, to help finish the job. Martin makes his own hours, decides what tile work needs to be done in the addition, and carries his own insurance.

A$.$ Do Kody and Martin have an agency relationship? Why or why not? $(1$ point$)$

B$.$ Martin solicited the homeowner $($Kody$$s client$)$ for competing work, is he permitted to do this? Why or why not. $(1$ point$)$

C$.$ Martin did an exceptional job so the homeowner $($Kody$$s client$)$ gives him a gift. Can Martin accept the gift without talking to Kody? $(1$ point$).$ Why or why not.