Author Question: A strong wind gust blows through the doors to a warehouse-style store. It knocks over paint cans ... (Read 69 times)

SAVANNAHHOOPER23 · **on:** Aug 2, 2018

A strong wind gust blows through the doors to a warehouse-style store. It knocks over paint cans
kept on an upper level shelf, one of which hits the plaintiff. The store's best argument for escaping
liability would be to

A) argue that this was not negligence per se
B) use the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur
C) show that this was an unavoidable accident
D) claim that this was an Act of God

Question 2

A river overflows its banks, flooding the basement of a nearby house. To avoid liability, the
carrier of the flood insurance policy for the house most likely will claim that since the river had never
before overflown its banks, this involved

A) indemnification B) an unavoidable accident
C) the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur D) an Act of God