The purpose of this project is to research, analyze and apply tort law, product liability law, jurisdiction, and contract law and their associated potential risks and liabilities in business. The project requires you to identify and analyze legal issues and to make recommendations.

Purpose

The purpose of this project is to research, analyze and apply tort law, product liability law, jurisdiction, and contract law and their associated potential risks and liabilities in business. The project requires you to identify and analyze legal issues and to make recommendations.

You will also develop skills in critical thinking to create an in-depth comprehensive analysis.

The project relates to the concepts covered in weeks 1-7.  You should refer to assigned materials in earlier weeks of the course, including Instructor Notes in Week 3 and other weeks.

Outcomes Met by Completing this Assignment:

• recommend appropriate actions in the business environment based on an understanding of sources of law, legal process and procedure, and available remedies
• analyze contractual rights, obligations, liabilities, and remedies in the business environment
• analyze tort rights, obligations, liabilities, and remedies in the business environment

Background:  Things are moving quickly for the GC owners.  They are almost ready to open operations and finalize contract negotiations with EPI to purchase cleaning products.   EPI and GC have already agreed that GC:

(1) will  buy cleaning products exclusively from EPI for three years,

(2) will be permitted to resell those products to clients and other businesses, and

(3) may contract with certain businesses who buy cleaning products from GC to become Authorized Distributors (AD) for those GC products; ADs will be listed on GC’s website.

GC needs to draft a contract to reflect an agreement between GC and future ADs.  The contract will be complex, and GC is concerned about risks and liabilities created by AD relationships. 

In a meeting with TLG, GC owners stated they have heard about several recent lawsuits involving businesses and ADs.  Connor presented a “what if…” scenario that could create complicated liabilities arising from GC-AD agreements.