Suzanne is a paralegal at a major law firm. She is asked to help at a court appearance and must drive to the court. On the way, she decides to stop at a fireworks shop. It is almost the Fourth of July, and her children would love it if she got them some fireworks. She takes the freeway exit and follows the signs until she gets deeper and deeper into a rural area. When she gets to the fireworks stand, she starts picking up the merchandise. She picks up one sack of fireworks. She drops the bag onto another customer’s foot, causing injury to the customer because of the weight of the sack. If the customer sues the employer under the theory of respondeat superior, will the customer recover from the law firm?

A landowner has a duty to avoid intentional injury to adult trespassers, licensees and invitees.

The duty people normally owe each other is a duty of reasonable care to avoid injuring one another.

The Eggshell Plaintiff Theory protects a tortfeasor from liability if the plaintiff is particularly sensitive or susceptible to injury.

Compensatory damages include:

Punitive damages are usually not available in a negligence case.

Define duty of reasonable care.

Explain the concept of Res Ipsa Loquiter and give a simple example in which it might apply?

The reasonable person is a reasonable person having the same abilities or disabilities as the defendant.

Christine is a property owner. She has a historical home, and on her property there is an abandoned well. She places 1/4-inch-thick wooden boards over the well, but she does not mark the well, which is level with the surrounding ground. If her friend Heidi comes onto her property and falls through the boards, will Christine be found negligent? If so, why?