The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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Author: Frank B Cross/ Roger LeRoy Miller
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Chapter 6, Problem 2IS
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Case summary: A water pipe bursts that floods the company MF’s utility room and trips the circuit breakers. The person N, having 5 years of experience as electrician, was called to switch on the breaker; however, he gets electrocuted. His wife sued the company MF for injury caused to the person N.
To find: The defense that the company MF can claim.
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