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Topic: Remedies, Damages, Foreseeability Court of Exchequer 1854 (England) Case Link: https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/collages/45164 Email: [email protected]

Topic: Specific Performance Court of Chancery of New Jersey, 1907 Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/curtice-bros-co-v-catts Email: [email protected]

Topic: Moral Obligation Supreme Court of Massachusetts 1825 Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/mills-v-wyman Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Are there any cases or topics you'd like me to do an episode on?  Send a request! Doesn't need to be about contracts. Email: [email protected]

Learn about an oil company swindling a landowner out of their well. Supreme Court of North Carolina 1946 1:34 – Case start https://casetext.com/case/stonestreet-v-oil-co Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 https://twitter.com/lawschoolta

Learn about more about consideration and a man who gave false hopes to his brother's widow. Supreme Court of Alabama 1845 1:34 - Case start https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/cases/2227 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirksey_v._Kirksey This paper gives (a lot) more back story: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=899002 Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 https://twitter.com/lawschoolta

This lecture covers the three different ways of calculating damages in contracts. Topic: Remedies Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Topics: Contract Remedies Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1973 Damages Spectrum: Restitution <---> Reliance <---> Expectation Restitution Damages: The $622 she paid for surgery Expectation Damages: Difference between her messed up nose and "beautiful" nose  + Pain and suffering for third surgery  + Any hospital expenses for third surgery  + Difference between her earnings with messed up nose and earnings she would have had with "beautiful" nose Reliance Damages: Difference between her messed up nose and pre-surgery nose + Pain and suffering for first two surgeries + Any hospital expenses for first two surgeries + Pain and suffering for third surgery + Any hospital expenses for third surgery + Lost earnings due to messed up nose + The $622 she paid for surgery  Coursera Lecture: https://www.coursera.org/lecture/contracts-1/sullivan-v-o-connor-nose-job-kjokM?authMode=login Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

This topic comes as a special request from one of our listeners. Topic: Remedies Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Topic: Moral Obligation Court of Appeals of Alabama, 1935 Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/webb-v-mcgowin-1 Second Restatement §86: https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/collages/2718 Professor Ian Ayres Video Lecture: https://www.coursera.org/lecture/contracts-1/mills-v-wyman-moral-obligation-webb-v-mcgowin-rescuers-recompense-DkjYX Commentary on Webb v McGowin, Harrington v Taylor, and Mills v Wyman: http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://www.faulknerlawreview.org/article/16603.pdf&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CTeGX6uUIoKOygTS-ZbwCQ&scisig=AAGBfm2HsO5RJCYhdtzOZO8hfIosMyrp3Q&nossl=1&oi=scholarr Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Topic: Moral Obligation Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1945 Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/harrington-v-taylor-2 Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Topic: Moral Obligation Supreme Court of Utah, 1961 Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/manwill-v-oyler Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

We are moving from the study of consideration onto a new topic called Moral Obligation. If you promise to pay someone for something they gave you in the past, will courts enforce that promise? Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Topic: Mutuality of Obligation Court of Appeals of Washington, 1982 Case link: https://casetext.com/case/omni-group-v-seattle-first-natl-bank Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Topic: Mutuality of Obligation Court of Appeals of New York, 1917 Case link: https://casetext.com/case/wood-v-duff-gordon Wikipedia entry on the case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_v._Lucy,_Lady_Duff-Gordon Wikipedia bio on Lady Duff-Gordon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy,_Lady_Duff-Gordon Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Topic: Mutuality of Obligation Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1936 Case Link: https://casetext.com/case/mcmichael-v-price Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Topic: Mutuality of Obligation Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1913 https://cite.case.law/ky/156/6/ Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

What happens when one party promises to fulfill their side only "if they feel like it"? Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn about a garbage man who bit off more than he could chew. Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1974 https://casetext.com/case/angel-v-murray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_v._Murray Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn about a fishing trip that turned into a hold up. US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 1902 1:00 – Case start http://madisonian.net/downloads/contracts/alaska.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Packers'_Association Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn about a landlord who pretends to let their tenants off easy. Supreme Court of New Jersey 1936 1:00 - Case start https://casetext.com/case/levine-v-blumenthal Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn about some of the pitfalls that can occur when parties try to modify their original agreements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-existing_duty_rule Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn about whether consideration needs to be based in fact. Court of Appeals of Maryland 1956 1:34 – Case start https://casetext.com/case/fiege-v-boehm Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn about a player who went broke. US District Court for the Southern District of New York 1930 1:34 – Case start https://casetext.com/case/in-re-greene-5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(contract_law) Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn more about consideration in our goriest case yet. Tenn Court of Appeals 1947 1:34 – Case Start https://casetext.com/case/palmer-v-dehn Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn about a construction company who paid nothing and got less than what they paid for. Penn Superior Court 2006 1:34 - Case start https://casetext.com/case/pennsy-supply-v-amer-ash-recycling-corp Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn about a father who didn't want his son to get a pay raise. California Court of Appeals 2004 1:34 – Case start https://casetext.com/case/jara-v-suprema-meats-inc Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn about whether ideas can count as consideration. Court of Appeals of New York, 1993 1:34 – Case start https://casetext.com/case/apfel-v-prudential-bache-sec Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn about two brothers giving the boot to a sister-in-law.  It's the British version of Kirksey v Kirksey. Queen's Bench 1842 1:34 – Case start Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn about a loyal employee's pension that got cut short. Superior Court of Pennsylvania 1932 1:34 - Case start https://casetext.com/case/langer-v-superior-steel-corp Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 https://twitter.com/lawschoolta

Learn about this classic case of an uncle who bribed his son to sober up. Court of Appeals of the State of New York 1891 1:34 - Case start https://casetext.com/case/hamer-v-sidway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamer_v._Sidway Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 https://twitter.com/lawschoolta

The foundation for all contracts is both sides offering consideration. Learn what counts as consideration and its limits. Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Learn why contracts are a fundamental building block for society. Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

Using the law to resolve disputes always results in some degree of ambiguity. Learn how judges address ambiguity and still come to a resolution. Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]

The basic hierarchy of laws starts with Consitutional Law, and works its way down to the Common Law. This is important background knowledge to have before we begin studying case law. Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 https://twitter.com/lawschoolta

Meet the host and find out what this podcast is all about. Join our PodTalk Section 3 group at https://podtalk.app/join_group?u=podtalk://join/group:97 Email: [email protected]