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Bruce Wayne is a mild-mannered billionaire and superhero. His
day job is running his multi-national corporation, Wayne
Enterprises. In the evenings, he spends his time-fighting crime and
hunting down supervillains. He also enjoys long walks on the beach.
One day, Bruce arrives at work to find a new memo on his desk. It
is from the legal department. The General Counsel of Wayne
Enterprises is Andrew Tharp, Esq., a genius attorney and aspiring
superhero. Andrew has some concerns about some employee issues.
Wayne Enterprises recently entered into a contract with the
Corrections Corporation of Gotham City (CCGC), to employ currently
incarcerated persons at Arkham Asylum. One of the major
stipulations of the contract is that Wayne Enterprises will give 5%
of all revenues from products made at Arkham Asylum back to the
CCGC. The CCGC purchases manufacturing equipment for roughly $5M,
based on the assumption that the money paid by Wayne Enterprises
will pay off the equipment in 3.5 years. The contract allows Wayne
Enterprises to utilize convict labor to produce medical testing
supplies. Wayne Enterprises oversees all of the manufacturing and
hiring of convicts, and also pays them directly. Several inmates
have complained about a “discriminatory practice.” Inmates are
ineligible from being hired if they have altered DNA, as it might
corrupt the production of the medical testing supplies. The
employees complaining are Waylon Jones, Dr. Lillian Rose, and Bane
Dorrance. Bruce writes it off as a stupid HR issue, and moves in to
the more “important” items of the day, like doing push-ups. Later
that day, Bruce is getting ready to leave, when he sees a familiar
shape on the clouds above Gotham. It is the bat symbol, someone is
in trouble, and he needs to get there quickly. He opens up the
secret closet in his office and changes into his batsuit. As he is
speeding towards the police headquarters, where the bat symbol is
located, he receives a video phone call. It is Andrew, his
attorney, informing him that “The Joker” has been organizing a
union amongst the inmates at Arkham Asylum, specific regarding the
“irregular DNA discrimination” issue. Bruce again waves it off, but
as he is hanging up, he rear ends a minivan with a single mom and
four car seats in it. The mom gets out of the car and comes over to
Bruce’s window. He says, “I am Batman, I have to go, there is an
emergency!” She says, “I don’t care if you are Superman, my
“babies” have whiplash, I am going to sue you!” Bruce drives off
leaving the woman crying and screaming about her “children”. The
woman, named Selina Kyle, runs immediately to an ambulance chasing
attorney, saying she was rear-ended by Batman. Ken Nunn (the
attorney) quickly hires a private investigator named Ed Nygma to
find out who Batman is. Bruce finally arrives at the police
headquarters, where Commissioner Gordon is waiting for him.
Commissioner Gordon tells him that something is going on at Arkham
Asylum, and he needs to get over there quickly. At the same time,
his batphone rings, and Andrew informs him that the inmates are
rioting and destroying Wayne Enterprises equipment. He advises
Bruce that he should call the police, or maybe even see if Batman
could help, because Wayne Enterprises could stand to lose a lot of
money. He also offers his services, as “The Lawman” his superhero
alter-ego. Bruce says that he will take care of it. Bruce/Batman
rushes over to Arkham Asylum. When he arrives everything is in
chaos. He quickly subdues several dozen inmates. He then realizes
that he will not be able to subdue everyone, so he requests that
the Arkham island be cut off from the rest of the city. The police
refuse to do that, based on the economic hit that the city will
take if they can’t ship through the island. Bruce takes it into his
own hands, and destroys the three bridges leading to the island. He
finally has most of the prisoners back into their cells, but one
final inmate remains. Victor Fries appears before him and knocks
him down. In the process, Batman’s mask comes off, and Bruce can be
seen fighting for his life. He eventually overtakes Victor, but his
only choice in that moment his to kill him. Batman breaks his only
rule. After this eventful night, Bruce heads home for a
well-deserved rest. A couple months later, Bruce is in his office
when Andrew comes and tells him to turn on the TV. They both watch
slack-jawed as a reporter is interviewing Ed Nygma, the private
investigator, and he shows her a video of Batman losing his mask,
and Bruce Wayne’s face showing. The next day, Bruce opens his mail
and receives 4 legal documents. A notice that Wayne Enterprises is
being sued by the Union of Incarcerated Workers for discriminatory
practices. A summons for a future trial for breach of contract by
the CCGC. A class action lawsuit filed by hundreds of businesses
and the City of Gotham for damages caused by blowing up the bridges
and economic losses resulting from said destruction. A lawsuit for
damages to Selina Kyle’s vehicle and medical expenses for her, and
a few large vet bills for the whiplash her cats endured in the car
accident (thank God they were in car seats!). All four cases are
suing Bruce individually and Wayne Enterprises under the theory of
Respondeat Superior. Bruce is then arrested by Commissioner Gordon
for the homicide of Victor Fries.
Please analyze each case, will it be successful? Do Bruce or
Wayne Enterprises have any defenses? What are the likely damages or
sentences in each of the cases? Can Wayne Enterprises defend
against the respondeat superior claim?