The Miami Herald‘s “Ask Doctor Law” column is full of bad news this week. In the first letter, a “Skeptical Buyer” of electrical components is being dunned by a seller even though the goods never arrived. Seems they were lost when the UPS truck ran off the road. “[T]he seller claims we’re legally required to pay,” writes the buyer, “even though we can’t use the goods. This sounds ridiculous. Do we really have to pay?”
In the second, a customer leaves a computer at a local store to be repaired. The store accidentally sells it to another customer—who happens to be a lawyer. Can the customer get the computer back?