1. Personal Property Chapter 9: Property & Bailments

2. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.1 Personal Property Section 17.2 Bailments 17 Chapter Personal Property and Bailments

3. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments What You’ll Learn How to identify tangible and intangible personal property (p. 362) How to decide when a gift of personal property is completed (p. 362)

4. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments What You’ll Learn How to distinguish between lost, misplaced, and abandoned property (pp. 362-363) How to explain the law that applies to stolen property (p. 363)

5. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments What You’ll Learn How to discuss the law of patents, copyrights, and trademarks (p. 365)

6. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Why It’s Important Knowing the law about personal property will help you safeguard your possessions.

7. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Legal Terms personal property (p. 362) tangible/intangible personal property (p. 362) donor/donee (p. 362) abandoned property (p. 363) intellectual property (p. 365)

8. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Legal Terms patent (p. 365) copyright (p. 365) fair use doctrine (p. 365) trademark (p. 365)

9. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Types of Personal Property Gifts of Personal Property Lost Property Misplaced Property Stolen Personal Property Section Outline

10. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Intellectual Property Patents Copyrights Trademarks Section Outline

11. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Pre-Learning Question What do you think are types of personal property?

12. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Possessions such as books, toys, and clothing are examples of personal property, which is anything that can be owned other than real estate. Types of Personal Property

13. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Tangible personal property is something that has substance and can be touched, such as CD players, vehicles, and even food on the table. Types of Personal Property

14. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments In contrast, intangible personal property has no substance and cannot be touched. If someone owes you money, for example, the right to receive money is intangible personal property. Types of Personal Property

15. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments A gift of personal property has three requirements: Gifts of Personal Property 1.The donor (the one making the gift) must intend to make the gift.

16. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments 2.The gift must be delivered. 3.The donee (the one receiving the gift) must accept the gift. Gifts of Personal Property

17. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments If you find lost property, such as a watch on the sidewalk, you have a legal duty to try to find the owner. Lost Property

18. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments If the owner can’t be found, you may be able to keep the property, depending on your local laws. Lost Property

19. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments If property is found in a public or semi- public place, it is considered misplaced rather than lost. The owner will probably recall where it was left and return for it. Misplaced Property

20. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments If you find property in such a place, you should leave it with the proprietor or manager. Misplaced Property

21. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Abandoned property is property that has been discarded by the owner without the intent to reclaim ownership. Abandoned Property

22. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments With some exceptions, anyone who finds abandoned property has the right to keep it and obtain good title to it. Abandoned Property

23. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments A thief acquires no title to goods that are stolen and cannot give good title to anyone else. Even an innocent purchaser who acquired the item in good faith must return it to the owner. Stolen Personal Property

24. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Pre-Learning Question How is intellectual property protected by law?

25. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Intellectual property is an original work fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Government protects intellectual property by issuing Intellectual Property PatentsCopyrightsTrademarks

26. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments A patent gives an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention for 17 years. To be patented, a device must consist of a new principle or idea. Patent

27. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments A copyright is a right granted to an author, composer, photographer, or artist to exclusively publish and sell an artistic or literary work. Copyrighted works are protected for the life of the author plus 70 years. Copyright

28. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Under the fair use doctrine, copyrighted material may be reproduced without permission in certain cases. The amount and use of the material must be reasonable and not harmful to the copyright owner. Copyright

29. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments A trademark is a distinctive mark, symbol, or slogan used by a business to identify and distinguish its goods from products sold by others. Trademark

30. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Which type of property is being described? 1.Property found in a public or semi- public place. 2.Property that has no substance and cannot be touched.

31. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments continued 3.Property that has been discarded by the owner without the intent to reclaim ownership. 4.Property that is an original work fixed in a tangible medium of expression.

32. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments ANSWER 1.Misplaced 2.Intangible 3.Abandoned 4.Intellectual

33. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned 1. 1.Give two examples of tangible personal property and one example of intangible personal property. Section 17.1 Assessment

34. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned Tangible: clothing, books, automobiles, and food. Intangible: someone owes you money. Section 17.1 Assessment Answer

35. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned 2. 2.What are the three requirements of a completed gift? Section 17.1 Assessment

36. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned Section 17.1 Assessment Answer 1)Donor must intend to make the gift. 2)The gift must be delivered. 3)The donee must accept the gift.

37. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned 3. 3.Explain the differences between lost, misplaced, and abandoned property. Section 17.1 Assessment

38. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned Lost: found in a place that would indicate it was not put there intentionally. Misplaced: found in a place where the owner is likely to recall having left it. Section 17.1 Assessment Answer

39. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned Abandoned: discarded by the owner without the intent to reclaim ownership of it. Section 17.1 Assessment Answer

40. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned 4. 4.Why can the owner of stolen personal property always regain possession of the item? Section 17.1 Assessment

41. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned Because the title to the stolen goods never left the true owner. Section 17.1 Assessment Answer

42. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned 5. 5.Describe the difference between a patent, copyright, and trademark. Section 17.1 Assessment

43. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned Patent: a grant by the federal government that gives an inventor the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention for seventeen years. Section 17.1 Assessment Answer

44. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned Copyright: right granted to an author, composer, photographer, or artist to exclusively publish and sell and artistic or literary work. Section 17.1 Assessment Answer

45. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned Trademark: a distinctive mark, symbol, or slogan used by a business to identify and distinguish its products from products sold by others. Section 17.1 Assessment Answer

46. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.1 Assessment Critical Thinking Activity Intellectual Property Suppose you had an idea for a pen that you could use to access the Internet.

47. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.1 Assessment Critical Thinking Activity Intellectual Property You would be able to download e-mail messages and read them on a small screen on the side of the pen. What would you do to protect your intellectual property?

48. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.1 Assessment Critical Thinking Activity Answer Intellectual Property Answers may vary, but will probably suggest applying for a patent.

49. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.1 Assessment Legal Skills in Action Personal Property Myra found a diamond and ruby necklace on the sidewalk near her home. She was very excited because rubies are her birthstone and she loves diamonds.

50. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.1 Assessment Legal Skills in Action Personal Property Is the necklace considered lost, misplaced, or abandoned property? What should Myra do with the necklace? What laws apply to this situation? Write a letter to Myra offering your advice.

51. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.1 Assessment Legal Skills in Action Answer Personal Property Answers and letters will vary. The necklace is probably considered lost.

52. Personal Property End of Section 17.1

53. Personal Property Section 17.2

54. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments What You’ll Learn How to define a bailment (p. 368) How to describe kinds of bailments (p. 369)

55. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments What You’ll Learn How to explain who has the burden of proof in bailment lawsuits (p. 373) How to explain hotel keepers’ duties (p. 373)

56. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments What You’ll Learn How to identify the rights and duties of common carriers (p. 376) How to discuss the obligations of common carriers toward passengers (p. 378)

57. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Why It’s Important Understanding the law of bailments can help you avoid difficulties.

58. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Legal Terms bailment (p. 368) bailor/bailee (p. 368) mutuum (p. 368) gratuitous bailments (p. 369) gross negligence (p. 370) slight negligence (p. 371)

59. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Legal Terms reasonable care (p. 371) ordinary negligence (p. 371) tortious bailee (p. 372) carrier (p. 376) common carrier (p. 376)

60. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Bailments of Personal Property Main Types of Bailments Bailments for Sole Benefit of Bailor Bailments for Sole Benefit of Bailee Mutual-Benefit Bailments Tortious Bailees Burden of Proof Section Outline

61. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Special Bailments Hotel Keepers Common Carriers Section Outline

62. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Pre-Learning Question What is a bailment?

63. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments A bailment is the transfer of possession and control of personal property to another with the intent that the same property will be returned later. Bailments of Personal Property

64. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Examples of bailments include: Bailments of Personal Property Renting a video. Leaving your car at the shop for repairs. Dropping off clothes at the cleaners.

65. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments The person who transfers the property is the bailor. The person to whom the property is transferred is the bailee. Bailments of Personal Property

66. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments In a bailment, neither the bailor nor the bailee intends that title to the property should pass. The bailee has an obligation to return the same property to the bailor at a later time. Bailments of Personal Property

67. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments When you loan goods to someone with the understanding that they will be used and later replaced with different identical goods, a mutuum has occurred. Bailments of Personal Property

68. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Pre-Learning Question What are some types of bailments?

69. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments There are three types of bailments: Main Types of Bailments 1.Bailments for the sole benefit of the bailor 2.Bailments for the sole benefit of the bailee 3.Mutual-benefit bailments

70. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments In the first two types, called gratuitous bailments, property is transferred to another person without either party giving or asking for payments. Main Types of Bailments

71. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments When a personal possession is transferred to another person for purposes that will benefit only the bailor, a bailment for the sole benefit of the bailor results. Bailments for Sole Benefit of Bailor

72. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments For example, your friend asks you to look after her car while she is away for a week, and you agree to keep her car in your garage. Bailments for Sole Benefit of Bailor

73. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments The bailee owes a duty to use only slight care, because the bailee is receiving no benefit from the arrangement. The bailee is required only to refrain from gross negligence (very great negligence). Bailments for Sole Benefit of Bailor

74. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments When personal property is transferred for purposes that will benefit only the bailee, a bailment for the sole benefit of the bailee occurs. Bailments for Sole Benefit of Bailee

75. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments For example, George offered his truck to Trina, who was moving. Trina accepted the offer and used George’s truck to move. George received no payment. Only Trina received the benefit of the bailment. Bailments for Sole Benefit of Bailee

76. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments The bailee is required to use great care because possession of the goods is intended solely for the bailee’s benefit. Bailments for Sole Benefit of Bailee

77. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments The bailee is responsible for even slight negligence, which is the failure to use the care that persons of extraordinary prudence and foresight use. Bailments for Sole Benefit of Bailee

78. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments The bailee has the right to use the property only for the purpose for which the bailment was created. Bailments for Sole Benefit of Bailee

79. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Mutual-Benefit Bailments A mutual-benefit bailment is one in which both the bailor and the bailee receive some benefit.

80. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Mutual-Benefit Bailments For example, if you leave your car at a garage to be repaired, you, the bailor, receive the benefit of a repaired car. The garage, the bailee, receives the benefit of your payment.

81. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Mutual-Benefit Bailments The bailee owes a duty to use reasonable care, or the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person would use in the situation.

82. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Mutual-Benefit Bailments The bailee is responsible for ordinary negligence, or failing to use the care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.

83. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments 17.2 Mutual-Benefit Bailments BailmentBailor Bailee Service or repair Owns the item to be serviced or repaired Performs the repair or service work Performs the repair or service work Storage or parking Owns the item to be stored or parked Is responsible for the storing or parking Is responsible for the storing or parking Security for a loan Pledgor, debtor— borrows money Pledgee, creditor— lends money Pledgee, creditor— lends money Renting or leasing Rents an item to someone Pay to use an item Bailments by necessity Bailments by necessity Gives up possession of property Gives up possession of property Accepts or protects the property Accepts or protects the property

84. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Tortious Bailee A tortious bailee refers to a person who wrongfully keeps the lost property of another or knowingly possesses stolen property.

85. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Tortious Bailee One who uses a bailed article for a purpose other than agreed upon or who refuses to return property at the termination of the bailment may also be considered a tortious bailee.

86. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Burden of Proof If a bailor brings suit against a bailee because the bailed property was damaged, lost, or stolen while in the possession of the bailee, most courts place the burden of proof on the bailee.

87. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Burden of Proof The reason is because the bailee is in the best position to know what happened to the bailed property.

88. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Pre-Learning Question What are special bailments?

89. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Certain types of bailees have special obligations in addition to the duties imposed on all bailees. Special bailees include Special Bailments Hotel keepers Common carriers

90. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Hotel Keepers Hotel keepers are special bailees because of the special nature of the their business. Hotel keepers, or innkeepers, operate a hotel, motel, or inn that regularly offers rooms to the public for a price.

91. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Hotel Keepers Hotel keepers have special duties. Duty to accept all guests Duty of reasonable care--a minimum standard of comfort, safety, and sanitation

92. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Hotel Keepers Must respect guests’ right of privacy Have greater duty of care toward guests’ property By law are insurers of the guests’ property brought into the hotel

93. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments 1.Jordan’s bat was broken, so he borrowed Julio’s. Who is the bailor? Who is the bailee?

94. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments ANSWER Bailor —Julio; bailee—Jordan

95. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments 2.Beth left her car with Steve at CarCraft for repairs. Who is the bailor? Who is the bailee?

96. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments ANSWER Bailor—Beth; bailee—CarCraft

97. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments 3.Zenobia attended a conference on global warming at the Convention Center and stayed at a nearby Red Roof Inn. Who is the bailor? Who is the bailee?

98. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments ANSWER Bailor—Zenobia; bailee—Red Roof Inn

99. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments A carrier is a business that transports persons, goods, or both. A common carrier is a carrier that is compensated for providing transportation to the general public. Common Carriers

100. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments As with hotels, common carriers cannot turn away people who ask for their services. Common Carriers

101. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Common carriers of goods are liable for damages to all goods they ship, regardless of whether they are negligent. Common Carriers of Goods

102. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments 17.2 Exceptions to Carrier Liability Carriers are not liable when damages occur because of A public enemy An act of God An act of public authority Fault of the shipper Inherent nature of the goods

103. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments A passenger is a person who enters the premises of a carrier with the intention of buying a ticket for a trip. A carrier must use reasonable care in protecting passengers. Common Carriers of Passengers

104. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments A carrier’s duty of care to its passengers ends, in most cases, when the passenger leaves the carrier’s premises. Common Carriers of Passengers

105. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments A common carrier must accept all persons who seek passage, with two exceptions. Common Carriers of Passengers 1.When all available space is occupied or reserved

106. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments 2.When passengers are disorderly, intoxicated, insane, or infected with a contagious disease Common Carriers of Passengers

107. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Airlines are required to establish and publish priority rules for determining which passengers holding confirmed reservation space may be denied boarding on an oversold flight. Bumped Airline Passengers

108. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Carriers are obligated to accept a reasonable amount of passengers’ baggage. Passenger Baggage

109. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments A carrier is an insurer of all luggage that is checked through the baggage desk, but is not responsible for items that you keep at your seat or in overhead compartments. Passenger Baggage

110. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned 1. 1.What is a bailment? Who is the bailor, and who is the bailee? Section 17.2 Assessment

111. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned A bailment is the transfer of possession and control of personal property to another with the intent that the same property will be returned later. Section 17.2 Assessment Answer

112. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned The bailor is the person who transfers the property. The bailee is the person to whom the property is transferred. Section 17.2 Assessment Answer

113. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned 2. 2.Name the three main types of bailments. Section 17.2 Assessment

114. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned Bailments for the sole benefit of bailor, bailments for the sole benefit of bailee, and mutual-benefit bailments. Section 17.2 Assessment Answer

115. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned 3. 3.Who has the burden of proof in a bailment lawsuit? Section 17.2 Assessment

116. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned The bailee—the one who is in the best position to know what happened. Section 17.2 Assessment Answer

117. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned 4. 4.What are the hotel keepers’ duties of care to their guests? Section 17.2 Assessment

118. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned They must use reasonable care in protecting their guests from harm. They are responsible for injuries to their guests caused by the hotel’s negligence or the negligence of employees. Section 17.2 Assessment Answer

119. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned 5. 5.Common carriers are liable for damages to goods unless the damage comes within one of five exceptions. Name the exceptions. Section 17.2 Assessment

120. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned (1) Acts of God; (2) acts of public enemy; (3) acts of public authorities; (4) acts of the shipper; and (5) the inherent nature of the goods. Section 17.2 Assessment Answer

121. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned 6. 6.When does a carrier’s duty of care to its passengers end? Section 17.2 Assessment

122. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Reviewing What You Learned When the passenger leaves the carrier’s premises. Section 17.2 Assessment Answer

123. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.2 Assessment Critical Thinking Activity Living Bailments The agricultural class at your school raises small animals such as hamsters, rabbits, and guinea pigs. Every weekend several students take the animals home to feed them.

124. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.2 Assessment Critical Thinking Activity Living Bailments Is this a bailment? What is the extent of care that applies? Explain your answer.

125. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.2 Assessment Critical Thinking Activity Answer Living Bailments Yes. Students may assume different types of bailment in this situation and therefore their answers to the extent of care will vary.

126. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.2 Assessment Legal Skills in Action Airline Responsibilities Airlines face a public relations nightmare almost every day. Planes take off late, flights are cancelled, and luggage is lost.

127. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.2 Assessment Legal Skills in Action Airline Responsibilities Most people don’t realize that common carriers have rules they follow regarding the transportation of passengers.

128. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.2 Assessment Legal Skills in Action Airline Responsibilities Using publishing software, create a brochure that outlines the airline’s responsibilities and exceptions. Include information about bumping and baggage.

129. Understanding Business and Personal Law Personal Property Section 17.1 Personal Property and Bailments Section 17.2 Assessment Legal Skills in Action Answer Airline Responsibilities Brochures will vary, but should include the responsibilities and exceptions covered in the text.

130. Personal Property End of Section 17.2