Multiple Choice
A state statute requires machinery in industrial plants to include automatic shut-off switches accessible to each employee working on the machine. Steel Company's (SC's) equipment does not have the switches. Trudy, an SC employee, suffers an injury that an accessible shut-off switch would have prevented. Trudy's best theory for recovery against SC is
A) assumption of risk.
B) negligence per se.
C) res ipsa loquitur.
D) strict liability.
Correct Answer:
Verified
Correct Answer:
Verified
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