8. Tomas Reese entered a fast-food res aurant before the restaurant had opened for business through an unlocked rear entrance. The doo has been left unlocked by an accomplice who was an employee of the restaurant. After entering the restaurant, Reese pushed one employee against a soda machine and, while holding a In to the neck of the manager, forced her to open the safe.
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Seventy-four years of age at the tim, Ramona Booker entered a drugstore by pushing her way through one door and then through a second. Both doors were extremely heavy, so Booker was compelled to use both hands, causinf her cane to drag on the ground. As she entered the second door, the tip of her can caught on th9 exposed coil of a security device, causing her to fall and injure herself. Booker brought a la,suit against Revco OS, Inc., to recover for her injuries. Did the drugstore owe a duty to Booker nd other customers to maintain a safe environment? Explain.
Is Booker's lawsuit based on allegations that the store owners committed an intentional tort or that they were negligent? Explain. Wha test would be used to judge whether the drugstore owners should be held liable for Booker's in uries? Explain.
10. Michelle Wightman was driving tow rd a railroad crossing at which the gates were down and the lights flashing. Wightman noted a s pped train a short distance from the gate. Believing the stopped train to be the cause of the c osed gate, she drove around the gate and was struck and killed by a train that suddenly appea ed from behind the stopped train. The stopped train