LAW 2221 Troy University Quality Painters Contract Performance Exam GENERAL: This is a take home exam. You will have access to a wide range of resources to

LAW 2221 Troy University Quality Painters Contract Performance Exam GENERAL: This is a take home exam. You will have access to a wide range of resources to complete the exam (see below). Your exam answers should reflect that by being as comprehensive, carefully considered, and polished as possible. You don’t need to write a novel, but I do need to see evidence of critical thinking and consideration of all potential legal issues, as well as reasonable effort in general. This includes proofreading—please do not submit sloppy exams. You need to leave yourself time to carefully proofread to ensure you submit a professional document.EXAM ANSWERS: Answer the exam questions in a SEPARATE Word document. Be sure to put your name on the document and number your answers clearly.ALLOWED RESOURCES: You may use any resources in Canvas, any class notes, any books, and any information online to complete your exam. Any sources other than course material must be cited, and quotation marks MUST be used for any direct quotes. You do not need to use any formal citation format; you just need to give me a URL or book title if you use anything outside of class material. However, all exam answers must be in your own words. Any hint of plagiarism will not be tolerated—this includes paraphrasing without attribution. EXAM 3 (Final Exam): LAW 2221 Spring 2020
Before beginning this exam, CAREFULLY read the Exam 3 instructions (located with this
document in the Exam 3 Canvas module). THE EXAM INSTRUCTIONS HAVE CHANGED SINCE
EXAM 2, SO BE SURE TO READ THE NEW INSTRUCTIONS!
Each question will be worth 5 points.
Facts for Questions 1-8:
You are planning to open up a consulting business, so you purchase a new property for your
office. The building has four large rooms plus a large entryway where you plan to have a
waiting room and reception desk. You hire a painting company, Quality Painters, Inc., to paint
all of the interior rooms of the office plus the exterior walls, window trim, and doors. You have
selected all of the paint colors and the brand and quality of paint to be used.
Quality Painters has promised to begin work on June 1 and complete the work by June 15. You
have agreed to pay $3,500.00 on June 15 when the work is completed. This price is to cover
both labor and the cost of materials (Quality Painters will purchase and supply the paint you
have selected).
Exam Questions: Answer each question below. Some of the exam questions may give you
new information to add to the facts listed above. Be sure to explain all of your answers
clearly and thoroughly by referencing any relevant legal rules and applying them to the facts
you are given. Cite any references you use outside of class material. Finally, be sure to state
any assumptions you make in answering the questions. For example, for some questions,
your answer might be “it depends.” If so, explain what the answer depends on.
Question 1:
Assume that you do not have a written contract with Quality Painters. On June 1, Quality
Painters contacts you and says that they cannot paint your office because they have taken on
another job. Will you be able to enforce this contract even though it is not in writing? Why or
why not?
Question 2:
Assume now that you do have a written contract with Quality Painters. The written contract is
very thorough and clearly intends to cover the entire agreement of the parties. The written
contract lists the June 15 deadline. However, during your conversations with Quality Painters
before signing the contract, the manager tells you he is confident the work will be finished by
June 10 and that he can promise it will be done by then. When you point out that the contract
language says June 15, the manager says, “Oh, don’t worry about that. That’s just to cover our
bases. But I’m sure we’ll be done by June 10.” You signed the contract with the June 15 date.
On June 10, the work is not complete. You want to sue for breach of contract on the grounds
that the manager promised the work would be done by June 10. Under the parol evidence rule,
would you be allowed to introduce evidence in court that the manager promised to be finished
by June 10? Why or why not? (Note: Only apply and analyze the parol evidence rule here.
Assume you do not have any basis for raising issues of fraud, mistake, etc.)
Question 3:
Assume that Quality Painters begins work on June 1 as promised. On June 15, you receive a bill
for the work. However, when you go to the office to view the work, you realize that one wall in
one room of the office was not painted. Otherwise, though, the entire job has been completed.
Would you be permitted to refuse to pay and ask to cancel the entire contract? Would you be
entitled to any damages? Explain your answers. (Hint: Make sure to review the rules on what
performance is required and the two categories of breach of contract.)
Question 4:
Assume that on June 15, you discover that Quality Painters never did any of the work it
promised (so there is a clear breach of contract here). If you file a breach of contract lawsuit,
would you be entitled to ask for specific performance of the contract? Why or why not?
Question 5
Assume that on June 10, you discover that Quality Painters has not begun to work at all. When
you contact the manager, he tells you they will be unable to do the job. You are planning to
open your new office on June 20, so you need to get the space painted before then. After
calling five other companies, only one, Paints-R-Us, is able to get the work done so quickly.
Because of the short deadline, you have to pay $5,000 to Paints-R-Us for the work. If you
decide to file a breach of contract lawsuit against Quality Painters, how much money in
damages would you be entitled to under these facts? Explain.
Question 6
Assume that Quality Painters begins the work as promised on June 1, but does not complete
the work until June 17, two days after the contract deadline. Has the contract been breached?
If so, would the failure to meet the deadline be considered a minor or material breach?
Question 7
Would the common law or the UCC apply to your contract with Quality Painters? Explain.
Question 8
Assume that Quality Painters completes the work on June 15. However, ironically, you are very
unhappy with the quality of the work. You notice a few areas where paint dripped onto the
floor and a few smudges on windows. You want to argue that even though Quality Painters
painted all of the rooms, it has breached the contract because its performance was not
satisfactory. What standard will a court use to evaluate whether the performance was
satisfactory or not?
Question 9
Tell me what topic we studied in this class that you thought was the easiest and what topic was
the hardest. Briefly explain why.
Question 10
Tell me what topic we studied in this class that you thought was the most interesting, useful, or
surprising (you can pick whether to discuss an interesting, useful, or surprising topic; you don’t
need to do one of each). Briefly explain why.

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