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Please read case below and help answer the three questions
Ethicon, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, entered into an agreement with UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., to transport pharmaceuticals. The drivers were provided by International Management Services Co. under a contract with a UPS subsidiary, Worldwide Dedicated Services, Inc. During the transport of a shipment from Ethicon’s facility in Texas to buyers “F.O.B. Tennessee,” one of the trucks collided with a concrete barrier near Little Rock, Arkansas, and caught fire, damaging the goods. [Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance, PLC v. International Management Services Co., 703 F.3d 604 (2d Cir. 2013)]
1. What is the case about? (Answer in a brief concise summary no longer than 5 sentences.)
2. What practical legal suggestions did you learn from this case that would be of use to a business person or to an individual and their personal life? (Answer in one or two sentences.) (NOTE: An example of a practical legal suggestion is as follows: Make sure that all written contracts that you sign include all of the essential terms and all of the terms and conditions that you have verbally agreed to.)
3. How can this practical legal suggestion be applied in your own personal life or in the business of life of some employer that you worked for? (Answer in 3 to 4 sentences.)