MEDIATION MEMORANDUM INSTRUCTIONS
Review the facts and law from the Contracts Analysis Case
Study.
What happened next:
Marshall Petersen filed a lawsuit against the grape
producer, alleging various breaches of contract. In response, the grape
producer has requested that the parties try to mediate the dispute, using a
mediation service provided by their church. Marshall has agreed and must now
draft a confidential mediation memo that states his legal and factual positions
about the issues in dispute. This memo will be confidential (not shared with
the grape producer), so Marshall needs to provide the mediator with sufficient
background to facilitate a settlement between the parties.
Your assignment:
Draft Marshall’s confidential mediation memorandum, using
the following outline:
1. Facts of
the case
2. Contract(s)
at issue – summarize material terms
3. Legal
issues
4. Requested
remedies
5. Conditions
under which settlement may be achieved (where compromise is possible)
6. Scriptural
support (incorporated throughout)
The memo must be styled as a business memo (see below)
addressed from Marshall to the mediator, Alexis Fairchild, and must be at least
1,000 words. The analysis must be supported by at least 3 legal or scholarly
sources, other than the textbook and course materials, cited in current APA
format.
Submit this assignment via SafeAssign by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on
Sunday of Module/Week 4.
For information on the proper format of a business
memorandum, see the following websites:
• How to
Format a Business Memorandum
• Sample
Memo from OWL Purdue
