The Centennial Apartments catch fire. Irene Idiot hears her fire alarm go off and rushes out of the building. Sadly, she has left her baby, Iggy Idiot, inside. Fireman Frank rushes to the scene, and Ned Neighbor watches the action from across the street. Irene yells, "I'll give $500 to anyone who saves my baby." If Neighbor Ned rescue the baby, can he collect the reward?

(a) no, because he had a preexisting duty

(b) no, because the promise was illusory

(c) no, because he cannot enforce a promise based on past consideration

(d) yes

The defendant and an accomplice were on trial together for burglary. both had given confessions implicating themselves and their accomplice. at trial, the defendant maintained that his confession had been obtained through improper coercion by the police. for the purpose of countering the claim of coercion, the prosecution seeks to place the accomplice’s confession into evidence. after objection by the defendant’s counsel, the judge agrees to issue a limiting instruction to the jury that the confession is to be considered only with regard to the question of whether the defendant’s confession was coerced. may the accomplice’s confession be admitted under that condition?

What consequences could gen galvez have faced for his major act of bravery?

Janette goes into an electronics superstore to buy a new computer. the salesperson works with her to find the right model, and she agrees to buy a new computer for $500 and a floor-model 18-inch monitor for $100. just when she is ready to pay, the salesperson walks away for a minute and then comes back to inform her that the monitor she was ready to purchase can't be sold for < $125. she agrees to the extra $25 even though they had initially agreed on the $100 selling price. janette has fallen for the technique of gaining compliance.