Gransol v The Blowout Company

February 10, 2023

Gransol v The Blowout Company

Order Number	65363737383
Type of Project	ESSAY/DISERTATION
Writer Level	PHD/MASTERS CERTIFIED
Format	APA/MLA/HARVARD/OXFORD
Academic Sources	10 -20
Page Count	4-8 PAGES

Instructions/Descriptions

Gransol v The Blowout Company

Trevor Gransol graduated from GSU in 2016 with a CIS degree. He landed a job with a tech company in San Francisco and moved to a small walk-up apartment downtown near city hall and the arts district. Even with a residential parking permit, parking near his apartment is scarce and Trevor typically spends 15-20 minutes looking for a place to park his car, often several blocks away from the apartment. Tired of the inconvenience and the many parking tickets he has found on his windshield each year for forgetting to move his car on street cleaning days, Trevor decided to sell his car and buy a motorcycle, preferably one made in the US. To learn more about motorcycles and motorcycle culture, Trevor also began reading The Open Road, a magazine for motorcycle enthusiasts that is published in California. A friend suggested that Trevor research electric motorcycles, which have a smaller carbon footprint than other motorcycles, are quieter, and don’t require oil changes, spark plugs, or air filters. Trevor did and last fall decided to purchase a used 2019 Livewire, the electric motorcycle manufactured by Harley-Davidson, which claims that its high voltage battery provides up to 146 miles of city driving between charges. Since Trevor only wants the bike for in-city driving, he didn’t see the 90 to 100 mile range between battery charges on highways as a problem. Soon after purchasing his Livewire, he decided to replace the heavily worn tires on the used motorcycle. The Blowout Company is incorporated and headquartered in Georgia, with two tire manufacturing plants in the state. It manufactures the “USA Custom” tire at its plant in Brunswick, Georgia. The “USA Custom” tire is specifically designed to be compatible with motorcycles manufactured in the United States. Blowout does not sell its tires directly to consumers; instead, it only sells them to distributors in several states, including California. Blowout also advertises its custom tires in The Open Road. After seeing numerous ads for Blowout’s “USA Custom” tire in The Open Road, Trevor went to a GoodTires store in San Francisco. GoodTires is a California corporation that sells many different types of tires for cars and motorcycles, including the USA Custom tire. Before purchasing any tires, Trevor called The Blowout Company’s toll-free hotline that services Blowout’s California customers. He had several questions about the tires and also wanted to verify that they would be compatible with his Harley, which is assembled in the US, but does have some parts manufactured abroad. Assured that the tires would work on his Harley Livewire, Trevor bought two “USA Custom” tires from GoodTires in late October. Last month, Trevor suffered severe injuries in an accident caused when the tread on the front tire of his Harley Livewire separated from the rest of the tire. He has filed a lawsuit against The Blowout Company in California state court, alleging that the tire was defective, causing his accident and injuries. The Blowout Company has filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Blowout argues that because it is a Georgia company without an office or employees in California, it cannot be sued in a California state court and that the court must dismiss the case. You are the judge of the California state trial court assigned to this case. How do you rule on The Blowout Company’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction? We DO want you to use headings to represent your discussion of the facts, issues, rules, application and conclusion. We expect you to write your paper as an essay in narrative form, using complete sentences and no bulleted lists. Use a 12-point font and normal 1” margins (top and bottom, left and right). To meet the college CTW requirement, each FIRAC paper should be 750-1000 words in length. Include the word count (excluding the heading and title of your paper) and put that number at the end of your paper in a parenthetical. If you have not used the word count feature in Word before, you can find it from the Review tab on the toolbar. Although the papers will be weighted differently in computing your course grade, each paper will be graded on a 100-point scale, with 80 points allocated to content and 20 points to writing, as indicated in the scoring rubric posted with this assignment on iCollege. Your content score will be based on your ability to summarize the relevant facts, articulate the legal issue, accurately state the pertinent legal rules, and your analysis in which you apply those rules to reach a defensible conclusion. Your writing score will be based on the quality of your writing. Is your paper written in a style that is readable and easy to understand, free of grammatical and/or spelling errors? Or do the number and types of writing errors, awkwardly constructed sentences, and other stylistic problems make the paper hard for the reader to comprehend? Is the work original? Check your TurnItIn Score after your first submission of a paper. If it is in the yellow, orange or red zone, re-vise and resubmit your paper. You can do multiple submissions and I will only grade the last one. You can review your TurnItIn results by clicking the grey View History box at the bottom of the screen. This will pull up your paper and a color coded box labeled TurnItIn showing your percentage overlap with other students, the original scenario and other sources. Use the results as a guide to revise your paper. Then resubmit if needed. NOTE: TurnItIn often will not work in Explorer so use another browser.

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Gransol v The Blowout Company

RUBRIC

Excellent Quality

95-100%

Introduction

45-41 points

The context and relevance of the issue, as well as a clear description of the study aim, are presented. The history of searches is discussed.

Literature Support

91-84 points

The context and relevance of the issue, as well as a clear description of the study aim, are presented. The history of searches is discussed.

Methodology

58-53 points

With titles for each slide as well as bulleted sections to group relevant information as required, the content is well-organized. Excellent use of typeface, color, images, effects, and so on to improve readability and presenting content. The minimum length criterion of 10 slides/pages is reached.

Average Score

50-85%

40-38 points

More depth/information is required for the context and importance, otherwise the study detail will be unclear. There is no search history information supplied.

83-76 points

There is a review of important theoretical literature, however there is limited integration of research into problem-related ideas. The review is just partly focused and arranged. There is research that both supports and opposes. A summary of the material given is provided. The conclusion may or may not include a biblical integration.

52-49 points

The content is somewhat ordered, but there is no discernible organization. The use of typeface, color, graphics, effects, and so on may sometimes distract from the presenting substance. It is possible that the length criteria will not be reached.

Poor Quality

0-45%

37-1 points

The context and/or importance are lacking. There is no search history information supplied.

75-1 points

There has been an examination of relevant theoretical literature, but still no research concerning problem-related concepts has been synthesized. The review is just somewhat focused and organized. The provided overview of content does not include any supporting or opposing research. The conclusion has no scriptural references.

48-1 points

There is no logical or apparent organizational structure. There is no discernible logical sequence. The use of typeface, color, graphics, effects, and so on often detracts from the presenting substance. It is possible that the length criteria will not be reached.