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I am trying to figure out what laws would be applicable here and if I were formatting these two issue into: ISSUE, RULE, APPLICATION, AND CONCLUSION, how would I do so for each situation? Thanks.

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A woman buys the Mustang, thinking it was an 8 cylinder based on the salesman's representation, is there a breach of express warranty. What other claims are possible?

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Late one night, a businessman was working in his office when the cleaning lady walked in. It looked as though she was going to walk into an open metal filing cabinet drawer so the man put his hand out to stop her leg from hitting the cabinet. He didn't say anything. His hand touched her upper leg. She turned around and left without saying a word. The next day, his boss called him into his office and asked him why he had sexually harassed the cleaning lady. The businessman explained the situation. The businessman filed a defamation suit against her and the cleaning company. Was there defamation? Remember that there is a qualified privilege under public policy, i.e. it's in the best interests of the public to encourage rather than discourage this type of behavior

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A woman buys the Mustang, thinking it was an 8 cylinder based on the salesman's representation, is there a breach of express warranty?

In the first situation the salesman has to tell the truth by law during his representation. In
in order to be a breach of express warranty, the plaintiff who buys the mustang should demonstrate that the salesman stated and promised the car as an 8 cylinder vehicle as a part of the bargain between her and him and she relied on ...

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