Question

Maggie owns a local grocery store. A carton of ice cream fell out of the freezer, busted open and began to melt all over the floor. Maggie picked up the carton to put it in the trash, but forgot to return to clean up the ice cream. Meanwhile, a customer slipped on the melted ice cream and broke his leg. The store

A. can be held liable for negligence, because the store has a duty to warn its customers against foreseeable risks.
B. cannot be held liable for negligence, because the store only has a duty to warn against hidden dangers.
C. cannnot be held liable for negligence, because it owes

Answer 1

Answer: can be held liable for negligence, because the store has a duty to warn its customers against foreseeable risks.(A)

Step-by-step explanation:

In a local grocery store, an ice cream fell out of the freezer, melt over the floor which resulted in a customer slipping on the melted ice cream and breaking his leg.

The store will be held responsible for negligence as it was the duty of the store to warn the customers against foreseeable risks. The store should have informed the customers that there were ice cream on the floor so that the customers can be cautious. Since the customers were not informed appropriately, the store should be liable.

Answer 2

A. can be held liable for negligence because the store has a duty to warn its customers against foreseeable risk.

Step-by-step explanation:

Negligence is a breach of act or certain level of behaviour, expected to be carried out by a reasoble person normal under the normal circumstances.

For a negligence claimed to stand in the court of law,

There must be an absence of duty of care by the defendant to the plaintiff.

There must be damages, losses, injury or harms suffered in the process by the plaintiff.

Causation. It must be proven that the plaintiff suffered loss, damage or injury as a result of defendant's negligence.

Examples of negligence is a shop owner who fails to put caution sign on a wet floor, a driver who fails to observe road signs thereby causing injury to pedestrians.