Winkel V. Family Health Care Case Summary

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9.4 – Business Ethics: Winkel vs. Family Health Care FHC entered a written employee contract to provide certain benefits to Winkel. During the period of the contractual agreement, both parties entered into a modified oral agreement of the written contract. The agreement was that FHC would pay a higher salary and give a profit – share bonus. FHC gave Winkel the increase in salary a year later, but did not give in the profit-share.
1. Does Winkel receive the profit sharing bonus? Yes! Because in the State that this contract is performed under, Winkel is entitled to the profit share bonus. The original written contract states nothing about the raise or profit-share. Unfortunately because FHC went into an oral modification of the written contract which is permitted in the State, FHC must hold to its oral obligation.
2. Did Dr. Vranich of FHC act ethically in raising the defense that the contract was not in writing?
No! Dr. Vranich did act ethically by owning up to one part of
Wright, we have a situation where implied terms can be involved. What makes this case implied is because we are dealing with a modern contract that allows certain situations of the contract to be somewhat flexible. In this case, Cerdes is suing Wright for breach of contract. Cerdes did not finish the job in enough time that was suitable for Wright. Therefore Wright proceeded to hire other service to complete the job. Due to the fact that time was the purpose of the change in contractors, implied terms can be enforced. The length of time that should be assumed in this case if not stated in the contract should be based on the job and how long it should typically take for a construction of a house. You would be able to determine this by an average number of homes that size being built. If the Cerdes is discovered to have taken too much time, then he should not be awarded the full amount of the