A contract must have an agreement that both parties can agree amicably. What happens when a business arrangement is signed under duress? Duress occurs where one party threatens to do some wrongful act unless the other party enters into a contract. If a defense of duress can be proven this could be grounds to dismiss a contract. In this paper, I will discuss a case involving a casino employee and a casino, and describe how a contract signing under duress affected this particular case.
Duress also known as coercion can be a possible defense by which a defendant may argue that they should not be held liable for actions for which broke the law. Duress is also defined as any unlawful threat or coercion used to induce another to act, or not a
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