A company has employed an independent contractor to construct a reservoir on its land. There were old
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A company has employed an independent contractor to construct a reservoir on its land. There were old disused mining shafts under the reservoir site and they led to an adjoining coal mine. The shafts were buried underground and the contractor failed to notice them. When water was filled into the reservoir, it burst through the shaft and flooded the coal mine. Is the company liable to compensate for the damages caused to the coal mine owner?
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