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You Invited Your Friend Suri to Your Apartment for Dinner

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You invited your friend Suri to your apartment for dinner.Since you knew that she would arrive first, you gave her your key and told her to let herself in.When she entered, however, a burglar jumped out and cracked her skull with a vase.Suri suffered a concussion.The burglar was also injured.As a practical joke, you had tied a string between the kitchen doorway, hoping that Suri would tumble over when she entered the room.In fact, it was the burglar who was tripped up.He broke his wrist as a result of the fall.Both Suri and the burglar have sued you under the tort of occupiers' liability.Assuming that the traditional common law rules apply, which of the following statements is most likely to be TRUE?


A) You are only liable to Suri because she is an invitee.
B) You are only liable to Suri because she is a licencee.
C) You are only liable to Suri because you had no protection against burglars.
D) You are only liable to the burglar because you recklessly injured him.
E) You are liable to both Suri and the burglar.

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