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Burger Baby restaurant engaged Air Advertising to fly and advertisement about th

ID: 442416 • Letter: B

Question

Burger Baby restaurant engaged Air Advertising to fly and advertisement about the Connecticut beaches. The advertisement offered $1000 o any person who could swin from the Connecticut beach to Long Island across Long Island Sound in less than a day. At 10:00 AM on Saturday, October 10, Air Advertising's pilot flew a sign about the Connecticut beaches that read: "Swim across the Sound and Burger Baby pays $1,000." One seeing the sign, Davison dived in. About four hours later, when he was about halfway across the Sound, Air Advertising flew another sign over the Sound that read: "Burger Baby revoked." Davison completed the swim in another six hours. Is there a contract between Davison and Burger Baby? Can Davison recover anything?

Explanation / Answer

Based on the case and given the facts there seems to be no contract between Davison and Burger Baby. He will not be able to claim anything.