What are the most important facts that led the court to decide against the defendant doctor and award damages to the plaintiff boy in Hawkins v. McGee?
a. When asked, "How long will the boy be in the hospital?" The defendant doctor, replied, "Three or four days, not over four; then the boy can g...
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What are the most important facts that led the court to decide against the defendant doctor and award damages to the plaintiff boy in Hawkins v. McGee?
a. When asked, "How long will the boy be in the hospital?" The defendant doctor, replied, "Three or four days, not over four; then the boy can go home and it will be just a few days when he will go back
to work with a good hand."
b. The defendant doctor said before the operation was decided upon, "I will guarantee to make the hand a hundred per cent perfect hand or a hundred per cent good hand."
c. The measure of the plaintiff patient's damages is the difference between the value to him of the good hand the doctor promised him, and the value of his hand in its present hairy condition after the
operation. d. None of the above. - ANSWERb. The defendant doctor said before the operation was decided upon, "I will guarantee to make the hand a hundred per cent perfect hand or a hundred per cent good hand."
"Assumpsit against a surgeon for breach of an alleged warranty of the success of an operation. Trial by jury. Verdict for the plaintiff. ***"
Which of the following choices best explains the term "assumpsit," as used in Hawkins v. McGee?
a. A common law form of legal action available to a plaintiff who claims that a contract has been breached. b. A common law form of action used by a plaintiff seeking to require a third party to assume a debt. c. A common law form of action requesting the court to employ a rebuttable presumption. d. None of the above. - ANSWERa. A common law form of legal action available to a plaintiff who claims that a contract has been breached.
What is a contract? - ANSWERAn agreement between two or more parties
Is a bribe a contract? - ANSWERA bribe is not considered a contract even if it is agreed to by both parties.
(T/F) A contract a legally binding agreement - ANSWERTrue
(T/F) A contract is a promise or set of promises which the law will enforce. - ANSWERTrue
(T/F) A contract is an agreement that creates rights and obligations that may be enforced in the courts. - ANSWERTrue
(T/F) The normal method of enforcement of a contract is for the court to order performance of the contract by the party in default. - ANSWERFalse
(T/F) The normal method of enforcement of a contract is an action for damages ($$$) for breach of contract. - ANSWERTrue
Hawkins v. McGee Facts - ANSWERThe Defendant, a doctor (the "Defendant"), removed a considerable amount of scar tissue from the right hand of the Plaintiff, and replaced it with skin from the Plaintiff's chest. The skin removed was the result of an electrical burn endured by the Plaintiff more than nine years before this procedure. Prior to the procedure, the doctor told the Plaintiff and his father that the Plaintiff would be in the hospital three or four days, but no more than four.
Hawkins v. McGee Issue - ANSWERWas a valid contract formed by the doctor saying that "I will guarantee to make the hand a hundred per cent perfect hand or a hundred per cent good hand"?
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