Negligence can happen at any time. Whenever you have the best meaning individual moving along with their lives and an accident happens, it is possible to have liability assigned to that individual. Negligence is the "ambulance chaser's" dream. It does not require pre-meditation, the burden of proof in a civil trial is meerly a "Preponderance of the evidence", and the rewards can be substantial. Mela, a customer in Target, walks down an isle and there is a goob of a liquid on the floor. The staff at Target is required to check the isles every half an hour to make sure that there are not any dangers to the customers as they shop. Mela is walking to shop for a vacuum cleaner and is looking up at the choices and the prices of the goods. As she is moving, she slips on the goob and injures her ankle, requiring medical attention. The staff at Target then examine her and determines that there is an injury. The staff then call an ambulance for Mela. It comes, and on the way to the hospital, is hit by a drunk driver on the road, damaging Mela as well as the medics in the ambulance with lacerations and broken bones. Mela is having a bad day and would like to know who to sue and how much can she get for her injuries. Question # 1: Can Mela sue Target for the bad day that she is having? Question # 2: Can Mela sue the drunk driver for all of her injuries? Question # 3: Can Target provide a defense against Mela's lawsuit to reduce damages? Question # 4: In a contributory negligence state, can Mela gain any recovery for her injuries if she was not looking where she was walking? Question # 5: Does Mela assume the risk of slipping on a goob of liquid on the floor is she decides to shop in a Target store