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Quasi Contracts – Contracts Implied in Law A vacationing Penguin, who is a licensed and practicing doctor, is driving down the highway and comes upon Dog, who is lying unconscious on the side of the road. Penguin renders medical aid that saves Dog’s life. The injured, unconscious Dog did not solicit the medical aid and was not aware that the aid had been rendered; however, Dog received a valuable benefit. 1. Are the requirements for a quasi contract fulfilled? (Don’t answer just ‘yes’ or ‘no! Support your answer.) 2. Will Dog have to pay Penguin for the medical service? (Don’t answer just ‘yes’ or ‘no! Support your answer.) Penguin takes his car to the local car wash and asks to have it run through the washer and to have the gas tank filled. While his car is being washed, Penguin goes to a nearby restaurant for two hours. In the meantime, one of the workers at the car wash has mistakenly believed that Penguin’s car is the one that he is supposed to hand wax. When Penguin comes back, he is presented with a bill for a full tank of gas, a wash job and a hand wax. Clearly, Penguin received a benefit. Penguin doesn’t want to pay for a hand wax. 3. Can the car wash invoke quasi-contract to make Penguin pay for unjust enrichment? (Don’t answer just ‘yes’ or ‘no! Support your answer.)