The case of Angela Frame. The prosecutor in Angela's case has provided us with two cases that

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The case of Angela Frame. The prosecutor in Angela's case has provided us with two cases that they believe will be crucial. Angela owns a health food store as well as a church next door. They have advertising that links the two together. The church is bankrupt, but the health food store is a successful, flourishing business. The church has been sued for murder for one of the members, who passed away during a "healing ritual." The prosecutor has asked the court to allow the health food store to be considered a partner of the church and be included in the suit.

The health food store is liable for the actions of the church as a general partner in a partnership with the church. Regardless of any intent to form a partnership, a partnership indeed does exist in this matter. A court may find an implied partnership from the totality of attendant facts and circumstances. Madden Investment Co. v. Stephenson's Apparel, 162 Ohio App.3d 51, 2005-Ohio-3336 (2nd Dist.). A formal partnership is not required in order for one to be liable for the actions of one acting as a partner. A partnership will be implied "when the parties have acted in such a way that a partnership has come into operation. The relevant inquiry is not whether the parties intend that the law describe their relationship as a partnership, but rather whether they intend a relationship that includes the essential elements of partnership." Allen v. Niehaus, 1st Dist. Hamilton Nos. C-000213 and C-000235, 2001 Ohio App. LEXIS 5540, *20 (Dec. 14, 2001), citing The Law of Agency and Partnership (3 Ed.2001), Chapter 1. In such a situation, one partner may be liable for the acts or omissions of other partners, even fraudulent acts when carried out to further partnership goals. Under Ohio Revised Code Section 1776.22, " any association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for-profit forms a partnership, whether or not the persons intend to form a partnership." Further, relationships that fit the definition of a partnership but are called a " joint venture"e are still partnerships. O.R.C. Section 1776.22 Comment 2. In Komorowski v. Hildebrand Co., 2015 Ohio 1295 (8th Dist. 2015), public advertisements were made referring to a partnership although Hildebrand disputed the existence of any such partnership. The court determined that there was a question of fact as to whether a partnership existed, irrespective of the fact that Komorowski was unaware of the advertisement or the purported partnership review the case law provided from opposing counsel and format a memo discussing your thoughts on the likely outcome of this argument.

You should discuss the cases presented, as well as research and analyze any additional cases you think would be helpful in formulating an outcome. (For the purposes of this motion you can ignore the jurisdiction of any cases.