OK Dry-Cleaning advertises so effectively that the regular customers of its competitor, Purity Cleaners, patronize OK instead of
Purity. This is:________ a. a lawful action that is not a tort. b. wrongful interference with a business relationship. c. appropriation. d. wrongful interference with a contractual relationship.
A tort refers to some wrongful act or some infringement of any right which is other than under any contract which leads to a legal liability. It is based on a civil law. People are liable for their actions taken against another both accidentally or intentionally.
In the context, the customers who is regular to Purity Cleaners tries to patronize or condescend OK Dry Cleaners instead of Purity Cleaners. This is lawful action, however not a tort.
She may be entitled to protection under the <u>Business Judgement Rule</u>, which is a doctrine that courts generally defer to the business decisions of company executives when the decisions were in good faith.
