The Employment Exception to the Privity Doctrine

question 12

Multiple Choice

The employment exception to the privity doctrine

• A) is a form of equitable assignment.
• B) was created by statute.
• C) allows an employer to acquire rights in a contract that was created between a customer and an employee.
• D) is usually necessary because the employer did not provide consideration to the customer.
• E) can be applied in a case the involves vicarious performance.

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Definitions:

Disruptive Selection

Mode of natural selection in which forms of a trait at both ends of a range of variation are adaptive, and intermediate forms are selected against.

Hybrid Sterility

A condition in hybrids between different species where the offspring are sterile, unable to produce viable gametes.

Viable Gametes

Sex cells (sperm and eggs) that are capable of fertilization and development into a new organism.

Reproductive Maturity

The stage in an organism's life cycle when it becomes capable of producing offspring.