Posted on 10/14/2022 9:20:44 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Valued at $53,595, the truck was highlighted on social media by a country club in Morrilton, Arkansas, in the days that led to the weekend tournament. “Hole-in-one on #10 gets you the keys to this F-150,” the country club said in a Oct. 7 Facebook post. “Thanks to Jay Hodge Ford of Morrilton!”
Except the country club and car dealership refuse to hand him over the keys. Clagett is now filing suit against both, with his attorney stating he was cheated out of his prize.
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
Read the article.
Interesting, what’s the reasoning?
Dunno.
I just took a continuing ed engineering class to keep my license and some basic law was part of one of the modules, which according to Dunning Kruger makes me particularly susceptible to thinking I’m a expert in topics I know just a tad about.
That said, looking at the cool handout it says “So-called “soft” damages are recoverable for torts. Remedies for breach of contract are generally limited to specific performance and economic damages, unless a torts such as fraud are also implicated.”
—”.way too many yankees here talking about how much better it is “ up north”.”
The old family members used to say” But for a couple of miles and a river, we’d been briers.”
The family farm was close to the Ohio river.
That said, many of my friends and family have moved south and no complaints out of the bunch of them.
But they do speak of the hunting, fishing low taxes, and nice neighbors. Here in DuPage County, we have an influx of RABID Chicago liberals.
The DA belongs to the club...
That’s more than I know.
I helped put together a gold tournament years ago. I had recently purchased a new truck and called the salesman to ask what the process is, for offering up a vehicle.
He said his dealership did it all the time but you had to buy insurance. Wasn’t cheap, but if I remember it wasn’t all that bad, given the odds of someone hitting an ace. I think we had to fork over $1000, maybe a little more.
I’m thinking that the folks that hosted the tourney never paid that fee for the insurance.
“You’ll get nothing and like it!”
Implied contract is for the entire truck, which any reasonable jury would award him
That is what I was taught in law school. A gift, or bequest, of the keys to an automobile, or any locked container, is considered a gift, or bequest, of the automobile, or the container, and its contents. When claimant actually paid consideration for the keys, that rule is even more likely to apply.
The dealerships usually don’t get the insurance. The folks hosting the even do.
You want a low level Kia, you pay one thing. You want a Corvette, you pay something a tad bit higher. Either way, it’s on the even sponsor, not the dealership. At least that was my experience.
Ouch!
Good thing it wasn’t a million-dollar prize hole
I am the Controller for a boat dealership. We sponsor a hole in one for a boat. We buy an insurance policy.
It’s really cheap insurance!
my first thought is they cheaped out - said “NO WAY anyone hits one” and are now choking on their words!
If I was running the CC I’d want proof. Was there video of him getting the hole-in-one? Did it he do it in one attempt or did he attempt it hundreds of times until he made it?
“Each course reports between 10-15 aces per year.”
My neighbor kid hit two aces in one round on a 9 hole course. Made national news.
I hope some secretary or mailroom guy didn’t fail to mail in the check for an insurance policy.
I believe if they had the policy, the policy requires spotters.
They were probably betting no one would get a hole-in-one and it was a safe bet they would not have to spend money on giving away a truck. Seems like they should’ve had insurance to cover that eventuality if someone actually one. Either way, this just seems like really bad publicity to not fork over the money and give the guy his truck.
YOU own BUSHWOOD!
When I lived in the south I never, not once, heard the term “yankees”. I did hear the term “damn yankees” quite a bit though.
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