Chapter 5: Essay Question 5.
5.) This case is strange. Pacific never made a contract with United, and
untied never made one with pacific. Although they tired at negotiations nothing
ever came of it. So United doesn’t owe pacific anything, and they simply had a
stronger business with be’er products (airline). This case should be dropped. This
would be like a small car dealership suing a big one because the big one is sucking
up all the customers. Tough luck.
Discussion questions 1+3+4.
1.) The 9-1 guideline is be’er because you can get A LOT more money. The
maritime law one would only allow a 1-1 ratio would isn’t a whole lot. Punitive
damages are meant to punish and recover more, what good do they do if they
can’t do that?
