, so a handshake and a toast later, alan randolph transferred his interest in the business to hank jorgensen promised, jorgensen made payments like clockwork for the next four months, at which point the impossible happened, and hank jorgensen ran out of money. after several unsuccessful attempts to settle the matter amicably, randolph sued jorgensen, then turned to andrews and reminded him of his commitment to back up jorgensen in the event of default. leonard andrews denied liability, claiming he had no idea that his gesture of good faith offering to back up jorgensen could result in his being held legally responsible for jorgensen's debt. as you might imagine, alan randolph had a somewhat different view of the original agreement between himself and his partners. when jorgensen defaulted, randolph fully expected leonard andrews to step in and provide financial assistance. when andrews refused, randolph then sued both andrews and jorgensen. the question, of course, is whether there was ever an enforceable contract between randolph and andrews to pay for jorgensen's debt, or simply a verbal u