Originally posted by LegalIce
One other point about some of the things stated above...while a contract requires some form of consideration, it does not require it to be monetary in nature. So please, remember money need not changes hands for liability to be present. And I am not saying liability is present here, just that money is irrelevant...
Of course this applies to lots of things, not just contracts...my favorite being copyright law...but that is another topic for a different forum...
L8R,
Greg
I agree that if the guy fixing the bicycle got anything as a result of mutual exchange of promises- not a gratuity, then there might be a contract. In this case, it appears there was no consideration received by the guy who fixed the bike. The liability attaches from tort, IMO, if any at all.