The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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Chapter 12, Problem 6BCP
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Case summary: A global corporation APS entitled LLC to hire a small trade contractor L to perform preservation work on a certain project. L was not paid for his work. So, he filed a recovery suit against APS. Before the trail, L emailed the terms of settlement to the corporation APS, and it agreed on that terms in response. After two days, APS again emailed a different settlement agreement containing additional terms to L.
To find: The proposal likely to satisfy the elements of an agreement to establish a contract.
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