Case Study Questions:

A small local grocery store with a focus on healthy eating, named Food For Health (FFH) is located in Norristown, PA.Each day the store sells convenient take out food to sell to customers.One day a woman named Tina Martin leaves her yoga class and goes into FFH and picks up a prepared salad to bring home.After eating the salad, Tina becomes very ill and needs to be hospitalized.The hospital believes the cause of the illness is food poisoning and reports the incident to the local health department that a patient became ill after eating a salad from FFH.

Jim Hanson, the local health inspector goes into FFH and inspects the premises.After finding several serious violations, Jim shows his report to the manager of the store, Louise James.Jim tells Louise for a $1,000 he could "lose the paperwork" indicating the failure of the supermarket to meet proper inspection guidelines.In that way,no one will know there has been a violation of the local regulations for a business selling prepared foods.

Louise is outraged by Jim's inappropriate proposal.She screams very loudly so all the customers and employees can hear that Jim Hanson is a criminal and should be locked up.

Answer the following questions:

1.What crimes might theDistrict Attorneyallege against the parties in this case?Make sure to

explain the legal basis of each crime and any defenses to the claims.

2.What tort claims might be asserted against the store and Louise James and include anydefenses that can be asserted to each tort?

3.What warranty claims can be asserted in this case against the store and include any defenses that can be asserted to each warranty?