1. Consider this scenario: A traveling Jewelry Salesman keeps his inventory worth $10,000, in a locked briefcase. He decides to take his car to the car wash and the car wash employee’s parks the car about 1,000 feet away from the end of the car wash conveyer belt, with the keys in the ignition. A thief steals the car. Post a discussion board comment on your opinion, based on the laws of bailments, as to whether you think the car wash should pay for the car? For the car and jewelry? Or pay nothing. In one of two sentences explain your answer.
As according to law of bailement, when business (Bailee) take possession of customer(Bailor) property and to act on it after completion of task it has to return to customer in same condition.Here theift of car is occur due to negligence of car wash employee and Car wash should pay for it to the Jewellery salesman for Car. And for theift of Jewellry, Car wash is not responsible to pay as it happens due to negligence of Jewellery salesman.
1. Consider this scenario: A traveling Jewelry Salesman keeps his inventory worth $10,000, in a locked...
Hayes Jewelers is a jewelry wholesaler. Lowell was employed by Hayes as a traveling sales representative. He drove his own vehicle to meet clients and attend trade shows. His practice was to keep the jewelry in the trunk of his vehilce while he was traveling on business. He kept the trunk padlocked and kept the only key to the padlock on the key ring with his ignition key.One day, when he was traveling from a jewelry trade show, he stopped...