Case Study $1$: Deadpool Ends in Death

The facts of the case are straightforward. A shop floor dispute at an automobile parts manufacturing plant in Hamilton, Iowa, ended with one work killing another. At about $2$:$00$ p$.$m$.,$ police responded to a report of a fight that erupted between two employees. When members of the Hamilton P Department's Violent Crime Unit arrived, they found Mark Lomas seriously injured. Lomas, $30,$ died $3$ hours later at Good Samaritan Memorial Hospital. The other employee, Thomas Waycross, was charged with second$-$degree murder.

During the investigation of the incident, employees noted that Lomas and Waycross often "bickered" when working together. One employee remart that Waycross liked to "act tough." Another employee claimed that Waycross had a "Deadpool$-$type" personality. It was widely known that management had told both employees to "learn to get along" or quit.

When asked about the incident, police spokesperson Kathy Calder remarked, "Employers must be vigilant when monitoring for signs of potential workplace violence." Nancy Lomas, Mark's wife, has filed a negligence lawsuit against the company.

Which of these statements, if true, would improve the probability that Nancy Lomas, Mark's widow, will be successful in her negligence lawsuit aga the company?

The company had no formal antibullying policies in place.

The company did not perform a background check on Thomas Waycross before his hiring.

The company had no crisis management team in place.

Company managers had never before experienced a situation of workplace violence.