Overview
Case Study 16.3
National Foods, Inc., sells franchises to its fast-food restaurants, known as Chicky-D’s. Under the franchise agreement, franchisees agree to hire and train employees strictly according to Chicky-D’s standards. Chicky-D’s regional supervisors are required to approve all job candidates before they are hired and all general policies affecting those employees. Chicky-D’s reserves the right to terminate a franchise for violating the franchisor’s rules. In practice, however, Chicky-D’s regional supervisors routinely approve new employees and individual franchisees’ policies. After several incidents of racist comments and conduct by Tim, a recently hired assistant manager at a Chicky-D’s, Sharon, a counterperson at the restaurant, resigns. Sharon files a suit in a federal district court against National. National files a motion for summary judgment, arguing that it is not liable for harassment by franchise employees. Will the court grant National’s motion? Why or why not?
Case Study 15.3
Like many students, Barbara Hann financed her education partially through loans. These loans included three federally insured Stafford Loans of $7,500 each ($22,500 in total). Hann believed that she had repaid the loans, but when she filed a Chapter 13 petition, Educational Credit Management Corp. (ECMC) filed an unsecured proof of claim based on the loans. Hann objected. At a hearing at which ECMC failed to appear, Hann submitted correspondence from the lender that indicated the loans had been paid. The court entered an order sustaining Hann’s objection. Despite the order, can ECMC resume its effort to collect on Hann’s loans? Explain. [In re Hann, 711 F.3d 235 (1st Cir. 2013)]
FOR BOTH CASE STUDY USE APA CITATION
Use 2-3 references per case study! from google scholar or the textbook:
1- Textbook: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller (2021) The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases, Cengage, ISBN: 9780357634646
2 - Good source from Google Scholar
DO NOT USE artificial intelligence (I will check!)