Question: Ed bought a car from Laura for $5,000. A week later when he was driving it in the rain he realized the windshield wipers did

  1. Ed bought a car from Laura for $5,000. A week later when he was driving it in the rain he realized the windshield wipers did not work properly. Ed took the car to a mechanic who said it would cost $800 to replace the wiper motor. Ed is furious and says he plans to sue Laura. Laura said she has done nothing wrong and they never discussed the wipers. As a result a court would most likely rule that

a. Laura is liable for a minor breach of contract

b. Ed can successfully claim fraudulent misrepresentation and get his money back plus punitive damages

c. Ed can successully claim innocent misrepresentation and get his money back

d. Laura is not liable for anythig

e. Ed can successully claim negligent misrepresentation and get his money back

2.Carol bought a bag of cookies made by Royal Foods Inc. When she opened the bag, before she ate any, she found a dead spider in the bag. 18 months after it happened, Carol sued Royal Foods claiming that because of the spider she has suffered serious mental health problems. She has a great fear about eating anything now, she thinks there are spiders in all her food and she has lost so much weight she is very weak. She has also suffered extreme depression and can't work. She is claiming $1,000,000 in damages. Carol will probably

a. win and receive the $1,000,000.00

b. lose because her damages are not reasonably foreseeable

c. lose because she did not file within the limitation period

d. lose because Royal would have had a disclaimer clause on its cookie package

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