Question

Edvin had opened up a new coffee shop in town called Edvin's Espresso. He had ordered fancy self-serve coffee dispensers from Italy for customers to help themselves to the organically grown espresso coffee. Edvin forgot to glue down one of the corners of a laminated tile that kept popping up. Phoebe was heading for the coffee counter to add some organic milk to her coffee, when she tripped on the tile corner and fell. Edvin is liable to Phoebe under _____.

battery
negligence
strict liability
fraud

Answer 1

He is liable under negligence, which is the failure to take proper care or do something that is normally expected in the course of the work. As the owner of the business, he would have normally been expected to provide a safe hazard-free environment for customers.