1. Chris promises Doreen $40,000 if she graduates from Eagle College. Doreen enrolls in Eagle,
attends full-time for four years, and graduates. When Doreen asks Chris for $40,000, Chris says,
“I don’t remember promising you $40,000. But if there was a promise, it’s not enforceable,
because we didn’t bargain for it. And even if there was a promise that would otherwise be
enforceable, I revoke it now.” Can Doreen enforce Chris’s “promise”? Why or why not?
a. Dina does have the right to enforce Chris’s promise. This is because in this instance, the
consideration is that Dina graduates for the exchange of the promised $40,000 from
Chris. This is a cut and dry problem since Dina completed her part of the promise so
now she can ask to enforce the promise that Chris is to pay the money to her after
completion.
2. Global Airline, Inc., is a commercial passenger airline. Global Airline includes on its tickets a
clause stating that the airline is not liable for any injury to, or the death of, any passenger
caused by its, or its employees’, negligence. A Global Airline flight from Los Angeles to New York
crashes into Long Island Sound, resulting in the deaths of all passengers. The accident is found to
be due to Global Airline’s negligence. Based on the clause on its tickets, can Global Airline avoid
liability?
a. Global cannot avoid it because the accident was found to be due from the airline’s
negligence. Since this is working with an airline, the exculpatory clause is in terms
because an exculpatory clause is a clause that may attempt to free the party of their
