Some businesses are concerned about the increasing risks posed bynegligence claimsand theconsequent rising costs of liability insuranceandthere is a view held by these businesses that these risks are beginning to overshadow the benefits of remaining in business.

Do you agree that the law of negligence is expanding at too fast a rate and that this is creating too much risk for business? In your answer choose a type of case (e.g. grape cases or nervous shock cases or any of your own choice) anddiscuss what concerns you see with the law of negligence in that type of case from a business point of viewand also brieflyrefer to recent tort reform changes that have tried to limit this growth in business risk.