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1. Armstrong and Pottle worked as ceramic grinders at Morton International's Spencer facility. When the Rohm & Haas Co. (R&H) acquired Morton, it gave employees a month to decide whether to quit and re- ceive a severance payment or transfer to another facil- ity and receive a larger incentive payment. Armstrong and Pottle wanted to keep their jobs, but the plant manager told them that they would make more money if they would resign and start their own business han- dling R&H's outsourced grinding work. He stated that R&H would give Armstrong and Pottle's new business all the outsourced work they could handle and that the company would like to give them all its outsourced work. Armstrong and Pottle followed this advice, and their business failed. In addition, R&H continued giv- ing outsourced work to another firm. Armstrong and Pottle asserted the formation of an oral contract and claimed that R&H breached it. Were they correct?

2. Frank Meram attended a presentation by Robert MacDonald, who was promoting his new book, Cheat to Win. MacDonald was a multimillionaire who had started as an insurance agent and built his company, LifeUSA, to a worth of more than a billion dollars at the time of the presentation. Meram attended along with approximately 100 other people. At the beginning of the presentation, MacDonald announced that one of the attendees would leave that day with $1 million. All that was required was to place a business card in the basket that he passed around and to stay until the end of the presentation. MacDonald pulled Meram's business card from the basket. He con- gratulated Meram and then explained "how this works." MacDonald said Meram would receive one dollar per year for a million years. He gave Meram $100 in cash for the first 100 years. According to MacDonald, all Meram had to do was attend a presentation once a year to claim the rest of the million dollars. MacDonald laughed and thanked everyone for coming. Meram, on the other hand, filed suit against MacDonald and his company's parent, Allianz Sales, seeking the remainder of the promised $1 million. Did MacDonald make a valid offer that Meram accepted by placing his business card in the basket and staying until the end of the presentation?

3. Rodziewicz was driving a 1999 Volvo conventional tractor-trailer on I-90 in Lake County, Indiana, when he struck a concrete barrier. His truck was stuck on top of the barrier, and the state police contacted Waffco Heavy Duty Towing to help in the recovery. Before Waffco began working, Rodziewicz asked how much it would cost to tow the truck. He was told that the fee would be $275, and there was no discussion of labor or other costs. Rodziewicz instructed Waffco to take his truck to a Volvo dealership. After a few minutes of work, Waffco pulled Rodziewicz's truck off the barrier and towed the truck to its towing yard a few miles away.Subsequently, Waffco notified Rodziewicz that, in addi- tion to the $275 towing fee, he would have to pay $4,070 in labor costs. Waffco calculated its labor charges as $.11 cents per pound. Waffco would not release the truck until payment was made, so Rodziewicz paid the total amount. Was Rodziewicz contractually obligated to pay Waffco the $4,070 labor fee?