Washington

Undue Influence or Partial Incapacity of the Principal Modifies or Invalidates Agreements with the Agent

Undue influence and partial incapacity are factors that affect the interpretation of the agent’s employment agreement. The Restatement of the Law 2^nd Agency provides: 

§ 376 General Rule: The existence and extent of the duties of the agent to the principal are determined by the terms of the agreement between the parties, interpreted in light of the circumstances under which it is made, except to the extent that fraud, duress, illegality, or the incapacity of one or both of the parties to the agreement modifies it or deprives it of legal effect.