A grocery store has a staff shortage and requires employees to work extra shifts or face penalties, including termination of employment. One of the customers drops a jar of pickles, which shatters on the floor. No one cleans up the mess for 30 minutes. Wes Worker slips and falls on the wet floor, slicing his hand on the broken glass and requiring stitches. Wes is unable to work while his hand heals so the grocery store fires him.

Answer the following questions:

Topic Questions:

1. What tort should Wes bring against the grocery store?
2. What are elements of the tort you identified when answering the previous question?
3. Who is most likely to win the tort claim: Wes or the grocery store? What will be the easiest element for Wes to prove? The most difficult? Explain your reasoning.
4. What employment claim should Wes bring against the grocery store?
5. What are the elements of the employment claim you identified when answering the previous question?
6. Who is most likely to win the employment claim: Wes or the grocery store? What will be the easiest element for Wes to prove? The most difficult? Explain your reasoning.

Reflection Questions:

1. Is there anything you learned that will cause you to change your behavior from what it was before working on this module? What is it? Please discuss.
2. Which topics were confusing, complicated or contradictory? Why?