Group assignment on business law. The group member should be only five.

If the
number of the group member is beyond five the additional member will not be
consider. (counted out of 30%)
The submission date will be 0n 14/08/2016 E.C
1 A negligent driver hit a pregnant woman who was expected to give birth within two weeks. The
woman survived after weeks in hospital, but she lost her conceived child due to the accident.
Has the negligent driver caused the death of a human person? If your answer is in the positive, would
your opinion vary if the woman was only two months pregnant when she encountered the accident.

2 Woizero Mulu owns chain of hotels. She was expected to give birth within a few days.
Unfortunately, she died in a car accident. The baby was rescued through operation, but was alive for
only ten hours .
Medical evidence shows that the adverse effects of the accident caused the death of the child.
Woizero Mulu and Ato Mekonnen were living together and had planned to get married soon after
the baby's birth. Ato Mekonnen claims to be the heir of his deceased child who, according to
Mekonnen, is entitled to inherit Woizero Mulu's hotels and whatever she owns.
a. Does the issue of viability arise?
b. If you are of the opinion that the child's viability is required, can he be considered
viable?
3 “Dear Tuffa, how are you doing? I am very fine, I am going to sale my Toyota Land cruiser, 99
model automobile to you to birr 30,000. Delivery and payment date is on January 20, 2008 In Addis
Ababa”
Which of the response is acceptance? explain.
“Thank you, I am lucky to buy your car.”
“Thank you for your concern, but I do not need any automobile now!”
“Thank you. I am very much happy to buy your car but the delivery place should be in Awassa”

4 Identify the defect that can invalidate the following contracts if any. With explanation.
5.1. Abebe and Alemu agreed that Abebe sales a product of Alemu in Awassa town and the monthly
payment was birr 5000. Alemu thought that such contract was employment contract but it was in fact
agency contract.
5.2 Abebe sold a T-shirt to Ayele. But the package of the T-shirt was damaged and Abebe repacked
the T-shirt and sold it as if its original pack was untouched.

5.3 Due to problems in shipping, the paint of car was damaged, and the car dealer painted the
damaged part of the car. So that it was not possible to distinguish the repainted car from others.
Abebe bought one of these cars believing that the painting was original but he later on discovered
that a certain part of the body of the car had been repainted.