Business Law: Employment discrimination, employment, labor, account liability, and partnerships

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1 Zapper Inc. hired the accounting firm Price Touche to determine if constructing an apartment building was financially feasible. After Price determined that the building would be profitable, Zapper started construction. Before the structure was complete, it burned to the ground. Although Zapper rebuilt it, the apartment building turned out not to be profitable, at least in part because of the delay in construction. There are four potential bases for liability – contract, negligence, breach of trust, and violation of fiduciary duty. Which apply here?
In this case, the potential base of the liability is a breach of trust. In this case, Zapper Inc. trusted Price Touche to determine whether the apartment building would be profitable, and the former assured the latter that the building would be profitable. In the long run, it turned out that the building was profitable as Price Touche had assured Zapper Inc. Although it might not have been intentional or with malice, there was an aspect of breakage of promise or confidence from Price Touche, resulting in a breach of trust.
2 Tara bought stock in Flying Feet. In doing so, she relied on financial statements prepared by Young Price for the company. The accounting firm was negligent, and Flying Feet crashed into bankruptcy. Can Tara recover from Young?
In this case, Tara can recover her investment from Young. To begin with, Young did not know that Tara was using their financial statements to buy the stocks by Flying Fleet. In essence, Young the financial statements were made for Flying Feet and not Tara.
3 The appearance policy at Starwood Hotels prohibited employees from wearing hairstyles that showed excessive scalp. When Carmelita Vasquez repeatedly came to work with her hair in cornrows, Starwood fired her for violating its policy. Vasquez was African American and Latina. White women were allowed to wear their hair in braids. Vasquez filed a disparate treatment claim under Title VII. Rule.