Able Demolition vs. City of Pontiac

Able Demolition vs. City of Pontiac

Assignment Blog 01

Weekly Learning Objectives:

• Learner will evaluate how contracts are assigned to third parties.
• Learner will explain the remedies following a breach of contract.

Using the Blog Rubric listed below for the specific grading criteria, complete the following:

Read through the excerpts from the decision of the Michigan Court of Appeals in Able Demolition v. City of Pontiac. After reading and thinking about the Court’s decision, answer the following questions:

• In your opinion, was the result reached by the courts “fair” in this case? Would you have ruled the same way as the trial judge and the appellate courts in this case? Why or why not? Explain your answers thoroughly.
• How do you think Able got itself in this mess? Do you think it just ignored the requirements of the contract, or was something else at play? If you think something other than ignorance must have been involved, what was it?

Support your thoughts using a minimum of two academic, peer-reviewed sources (outside the textbook). Websites such as Wikipedia, LegalZoom, LegalMatch, Nolo, etc. do NOT count as academic sources. A good place to start is the Davenport University Library. Substantial blog entries should contain at least 1200 words.

Answer preview
Contracts refer to an agreement between two or more parties, who commit to abiding by the terms of the agreement (Van Kogelenberg, 2014). The agreement can both be oral or written, and the parties must intend for the agreement to be enforceable under the law. Failure to abide by the deal results in a couple of repercussions, mostly agreed upon during the execution of a contract. The party that did not breach…
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