Tony Bales Worked at a Zoo and Regularly Fed the Rare

question 70

Multiple Choice

Tony Bales worked at a zoo and regularly fed the rare and exotic birds. One day he opened a new, sealed bag of bird feed; poison in it penetrated the cotton gloves he was wearing, injuring his hands. The poison got into the feed when the manufacturers used a mixing machine that had been used for making chemicals without washing the apparatus. Assume there is no workers' compensation scheme in place. Which of the following is true?

• A)Tony could successfully sue his employer in negligence because the injury happened during the normal course of employment.
• B)Tony could successfully sue his employer in negligence because his employer had breached the standard of care expected of employers.
• C)Tony could successfully sue the seed manufacturer in negligence.
• D)Tony could not successfully sue the manufacturer because there was o legal relationship between them.
• E)Both B and C

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