statements give the teacher an award not disclose or journalize the potential liability record an estimated liability for the legal claim

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A student is suing his college for $2,000,000 stating that his instructor subjected the class to pain and suffering (in the form of accounting homework) and mandatory participation in a squid game-like elimination tournament. The school believes that it is very probable that the student will be successful in their legal claim.  The proper accounting treatment is to:
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disclose the liability in the notes to the financial statements
give the teacher an award
not disclose or journalize the potential liability
record an estimated liability for the legal claim
 
 
 

 

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