The Saudi Sweet Date Company Ltd.("SSD") hired the Quality Shipping Ltd. to transport two 25 ton containers of fresh dates from Vancouver to grateful students in Kamloops because, let's face it, our dates are terrible when compared to Saudi dates. SSD's transport manager watched the containers being loaded on the trucks, whose legal load limit was 20 tonnes (all parties knew this).On the road, during a storm, one truck flipped over and the load was damaged.SSD sued Quality Shipping to recover the amount of the damage.

a) On what legal basis do the plaintiffs (SSD) expect to win?

b) What defence will the defendants use?

c) Who will win?Why?