1. What kind of test did the Tennessee Supreme Court say it would use in determining whether the gas station/ convenience store operator owed a duty of care to the plaintiff in this case?
2. The defendant gas station/convenience store operator maintained that it owed no duty of care. What was the essence of the defendant’s position on this issue?
3. What did the Tennessee Supreme Court conclude with respect to this issue?

William M. Barker, J.
. The defendant East Tennessee Pioneer Oil Company operates an Exxon convenience store on U.S. Highway 11W, also known as Rutledge Pike, in Knox County, Tennessee. The store consists of three connected portions— a convenience market and gas station, an ice cream counter, and a “Huddle House” restaurant— each owned and operated by the defendant.