Find online a major news story about a serious accident that happened in Canada involving a business. Use a freely accessible website such as CBC News or CTV News. Do not choose a story about an accident causing harm to an employee on the job, because there are special laws (Workers Compensation legislation) governing such situations. Read the story carefully, and then copy and paste a link to it into your assignment.

Prepare an analysis of a legal claimfor negligence that might be madeagainst the business. Your analysis must be clearly based on and reflect the elements of the tort of negligence that are taught in this course, and should go on to cover possible defences that may be raised by the defendants.

You must refer to the facts given in the story, but you may alsosuggest factsthatmight be proven through further investigation. Be clear in your argument which type of fact you are talking about.

Analysis means stating the applicable law (presentation of definitions, explanations of concepts, statements of rules, tests, etc.), ideally supported by referenced quotations from the textbook, and then applying the law to the facts of the case in discussion of and arguments about liability, including arguments for both sides when these can be made.

The arguments in your analysis should be plausible, but they will not be evaluated on how persuasive they are. The intent of this assignment is to help you develop the ability to recognize business risks, not require you to act like a lawyer.