Question

$3$ Negligent Torts: Liability

Determine whether a scenario meets the standard for negligent liability.

A toddler spills a cup of juice on the floor of a grocery store. An employee sees the spill, but he's too busy to clean it up right away or mark it with a sign, and no one else notices it$.$ A few minutes later, a shopper slips on the juice and falls, but fortunately, she's not hurt and she continues her shopping.

Is the store liable for negligence if the shopper later sues?

a$.)$

No$,$ because the store had no duty of care to the shopper who slipped.

b$.)$

Yes, because even if she wasn't injured, the risk posed by the spilled juice was foreseeable.

c$.)$

Yes, but only if the shopper can demonstrate that she was actually injured.

d$.)$

Yes, because the store's employee failed to act reasonably by not cleaning up the spill right away.