Book Opener

CHAPTERASSESSMENTAcquiring and Evaluating InformationInvite a local hotel keeper to make apresentation to your class. Find out how thehotel keeper interprets the special obligationsthat are imposed on him or her as a bailee. Askabout the following topics:● The duty to accept all guests● The duty of reasonable care● The guests’ rights of privacy● Credit card blocking11. As a class, prepare your questions ahead oftime. After the presentation, write a onepagereport about what you learned.Damaged JacketYour friend Emily lends you her school jacket.While you are walking home, a passing cargoes through a puddle and splashes mud onEmily’s jacket. You want to take good care ofthe jacket, so you wash it. Unfortunately, thejacket shrinks. You neglected to read the tagthat says the jacket is “dry clean only.” NowEmily’s jacket is ruined.Debate12. This situation represents what type ofbailment?13. Were you required to use slight care orgreat care during the time you hadpossession of the jacket?14. What can Emily do if you refuse to buyher a new jacket?For the following cases, give your decision andstate a legal principle that applies.15. Leigh finds a lady’s purse under her chairat a restaurant. She shows the hostess thepurse, and the hostess tells Leigh to keep it.Is the hostess correct? Why or why not?16. Evita copies several pages from somebooks while doing research for a termpaper at the library. She takes the copieshome so that she can continue working onthe paper. Her brother tells her she violatedthe copyright law when she copied thepages at the library. Is he correct? Explainyour answer.17. A shipment of grain is lost when the lakesteamer on which it was shipped collideswith another boat and sinks. Will thecarrier’s claim, that the loss was caused byan act of God, excuse the carrier fromliability? Why or why not?18. Lan purchases an airline ticket, complyingwith all of the carrier’s ticketing, check-in,and confirmation requirements. At theboarding gate, however, she is told that theflight is overbooked, but the carrier willarrange alternate transportation. Must thecarrier do anything else for Lan in thissituation? Explain your answer.19. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby are registered guests atthe Region Hotel. They keep a large sumof cash in their room, even though thehotel provides a safe for guests’ use. If themoney were stolen, would the hotel be heldliable for the loss under most present-daystate statutes? Explain your answer.382 Unit 3: Understanding Consumer Law