Fontilla Canzater Bus 206 Module 7 Project 3 Tort Law 4/21/24 Tort Laws The Sunshine Yoga has legal claims against the Friendly Dawg and Landlord Lou in the scenario given. Jasmine, the owner of the Sunshine Yoga, did not sign a written lease. Jasmine met Lou in a bar two years ago where they came to a verbal agreement. Lou offered to rent out a space to Jasmine for $300.00 a month. They went into an implied contract agreement. An implied contract arises not from words of agreement, but from the conduct of the parties (Kubasek et al., 2016). The contract was valid once Jasmine gave Lou payment for the first month and he accepted it. This made Jasmine an official tenant of Lou's. The Friendly Dawg was originally only selling pet supplies. The owner, Dave Dawg, wanted to expand and sell live animals. Dave renovated the space by expanding it for the live animals. He sold snakes, fish, birds, dogs and cats. Due to the new additions, he needed more space and renovated an area that was previously a storage area. Dave did not make any upgrades for comfort as far as the air conditioning system and neither did Lou. The environment may have caused the live animals to become agitated. Jasmine first complained to Lou about the noise caused by the animals. Lou did notify Dave Dawg and told him to quiet the animals. Jasmine stated that she was losing customers because of the noise. Dave told Lou the animals were agitated due to the lack of air in converted storage room area. The next day a dangerous snake escaped from it's contained area and made its way into the Sunshine Yoga
studio. The snake scared Jasmine so bad that she had a heart attack. She complained of having depression and anxiety caused by the conditions of the space. As a business owner you may encounter a situation where a party is injured by the actions of another. A tort is a wrong or injury to another, other than a breach of contract