Which of the Following Situations Could Not Result in a Successful

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following situations could not result in a successful action for negligence?

• A) A real estate agent, fed up with his client, punches him in the nose when he changes his mind about selling his condo.
• B) Nikki accidentally upset a glass table and broke an expensive vase when she yanked on a large cable without checking what was blocking its path.
• C) A driver, trying to see what a movie crew was doing, accidentally plowed his car into the side of a catering truck.
• D) When Todd was setting up a tent for a backyard wedding, he fell into a hole and broke his leg. The owner forgot to tell the wedding planner that he had been digging a hole to put in a fish pond.
• E) An employee of the bank mistakenly wrote to Maria saying that the bank had approved her loan. Relying on that letter, Maria made contracts she could not honour when the bank refused to forward the money. Maria lost $10,000 because of the bank's carelessness.

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