You are acting for Koala Manufacturing, which makes hats in Australia. The following situation had arisen over the past two weeks in relation to two of its employees.

On last Tuesday, Linda, the delivery driver, was involved in a road-rage incident with a man after he accidentally cut her off on the motorway while she was making a delivery of hats. She threw a hot cup of coffee that she had in her van in his face, causing him severe burns.

To be done :

Koala Manufacturing wants to know whether they might have a legal problem under the Law of Torts.