Bailment Flashcards
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mutual benefit (services)
A
dry cleaners
1
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benefit of the bailee (favors)
A
lend someone your car
2
Q
benefit of the bailor – gratutituos
A
please watch my stuff while i go to the restroom
3
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constructive bailment –involunatry
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people who hold onto your lost wallet
4
Q
modern rule
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Modern
Ordinary care-reasonable care under circumstances (still consider who benefits)
5
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historical rule
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Mutual benefit- ordinary care (negligence)
Bailee benefit- extraordinary care
Bailor benefit- slight care, liable for gross negligence (watching someone’s stuff in the airport)
Involuntary bailment- slight care (benefit of bailor)
6
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duty to redeliver
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Strict liability for mis-delivery or voluntary bailment, involuntary bailee liable for mis-delivery if negligent in delivery to wrong person
