Wiese v. Owen
On April 23, 2003, Wiese and appellants entered into a written contract in which they agreed that Owen would assist Wiese with a wide variety of services, for compensation of $150 an hour. The contract provides, inter alia, that Owen would set up home computer systems for Wiese, provide her with career counseling and investment advice, sell her car, and perform other services, including "Work as necessary on a daily basis to reduce all issues affecting your emotional and physical health and to provide guidance in family issues, especially your daughter Jennifer."
Most relevant to this case, the contract provided that Owen would "Inventory all excess equipment which I will then remove from your home to be sold at a reasonable profit," "Hire a licensed contractor to remodel and make necessary repairs to your home under my personal guidance and direction to be completed within a four to five week period at a cost no more than $50,000," and "Remove all personal and professional photographs taken by Robert Wiese and all other files and put on disks." (Wiese had recently been widowed. Her late husband, Robert Wiese, was a professional photographer.) The last item was "work as directed."
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