Amelia opens a tea shop and reading room. Customers find a broad selection of teas and other beverages, and often gather in the comfortable sitting groups to chat, surf the web, and relax. One day, John, an employee at Amelia's Tea Shoppe, notices a puddle near one of the settees, but becomes distracted before he can clean it up. Customer Suzy slips in the puddle and falls, striking her head on the arm of a chair. If Suzy sues the Tea Shoppe for negligence, the result would be:

a. Since Amelia organized the business as a sole proprietorship, she is personally legally responsible for the for negligence and Suzy can seek to collect her judgment from Amelia's personal assets.

b. Even though Amelia organized the business as a sole proprietorship, she is not personally legally responsible for the negligence and Suzy cannot seek to collect her judgment from Amelia's personal assets. Only the business is legally responsible to Suzy.

c. In actuality, given the nature of the business, Amelia created a limited liability company (LLC) and this provides legal personal liability protection as a corporation would.

d. Amelia organized the business as a general partnership between herself and the business, The Tea Shoppe, and as general partners both are personally legally responsible to Suzy.

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