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A 17-year-old student bought a high-end laptop from an electronics store for $2,400 on a six-month payment plan. The...
...to cancel that lease based on infancy. Analyze the student's capacity defenses and likely liabilities on the laptop contract, the dental bill, and the studio lease. This essay tests infancy, disaffirmance, necessaries, r...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 12, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 14, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
A 17-year-old who lived away from home was taken to a hospital after a car accident. The hospital provided emergency...
A 17-year-old who lived away from home was taken to a hospital after a car accident. The hospital provided emergency surgery at the usual market rate. The minor later refused to pay, asserting lack of capacity. Which...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 12, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 14, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
A driver negligently hit a utility pole, causing live wires to fall near a trapped cyclist. A bystander saw that the...
A driver negligently hit a utility pole, causing live wires to fall near a trapped cyclist. A bystander saw that the wires were several feet from the cyclist, waited for a pause in sparking, and ran in to pull the cyc...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
A hiker found an arrowhead on federal park land. A criminal statute prohibited removing artifacts from the park, but...
A hiker found an arrowhead on federal park land. A criminal statute prohibited removing artifacts from the park, but the hiker had read a private travel website stating that visitors could keep small finds. The hiker...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.04
A medical-device company contracted with a supplier for custom sensors needed to complete ventilators for a hospital...
...d a settlement. The distributor signed even though it believed it had defenses. Finally, an elderly shareholder depended on her nephew for transportation, bill payment, and daily care. The nephew urged her to sell him he...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 174, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 175, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 176, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 177
A passenger on a train saw one rider raise a fist toward another rider's face. The passenger reasonably believed the...
A passenger on a train saw one rider raise a fist toward another rider's face. The passenger reasonably believed the first rider was about to punch the second rider and pushed the first rider away using moderate force...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
A seller contracted to deliver a unique machine part to a buyer for $40,000. On the day delivery was due, the seller...
A seller contracted to deliver a unique machine part to a buyer for $40,000. On the day delivery was due, the seller refused to deliver unless the buyer signed a modification increasing the price to $60,000. The selle...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 175, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 176, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
During a recreational basketball game, one player intentionally punched another player in the face after the referee...
During a recreational basketball game, one player intentionally punched another player in the face after the referee blew the whistle and stopped play. The punched player sues for battery. The punching player argues t...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
Serena, a licensed nurse with no criminal record, volunteered at a clinic. An undercover officer posing as a patient...
Serena, a licensed nurse with no criminal record, volunteered at a clinic. An undercover officer posing as a patient repeatedly told Serena that his child was in severe pain and that no doctor would help. Serena refus...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.13, Model Penal Code 3.06
A 10-year-old rode a bicycle through a neighborhood intersection without looking both ways and was struck by a neglig...
A 10-year-old rode a bicycle through a neighborhood intersection without looking both ways and was struck by a negligent driver. The driver asserts contributory negligence. The jurisdiction follows the ordinary child-...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
A 16-year-old bought a racing bicycle from a sporting-goods store for $1,800 on credit. Six months later, while still...
A 16-year-old bought a racing bicycle from a sporting-goods store for $1,800 on credit. Six months later, while still 16, she notified the store that she was canceling the contract and offered to return the bicycle, w...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 12, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 14, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
A baseball fan who had attended many games bought a discounted ticket for an unscreened seat along the first-base lin...
A baseball fan who had attended many games bought a discounted ticket for an unscreened seat along the first-base line. Signs at the entrance and on the ticket warned that foul balls could enter unscreened seating are...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
A buyer agreed to purchase a small apartment building from a seller. Before signing, the buyer asked whether the base...
...accepted immediately. Analyze the buyer's and contractor's potential defenses based on misrepresentation, nondisclosure, mistake, and risk allocation. This essay tests misrepresentation, nondisclosure, mutual mistake, u...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 159, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 161, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 164, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 152, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 153, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 154
A buyer and seller contracted for the sale of a parcel that both believed could be used for a four-unit apartment bui...
A buyer and seller contracted for the sale of a parcel that both believed could be used for a four-unit apartment building. Unknown to both, a zoning amendment adopted the week before signing limited the parcel to sin...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 151, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 152, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 154, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts
A cabin owner rigged a spring gun inside an empty storage shed to shoot at anyone who opened the shed door without pe...
A cabin owner rigged a spring gun inside an empty storage shed to shoot at anyone who opened the shed door without permission. A trespasser opened the door and was seriously injured. Which statement best describes the...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts