Question: Consider the situation below and share yourthoughts as to whether JoAnn would win in suing her employer given the OSHA standards and, the reasonableness component

Consider the situation below and share yourthoughts as to whether JoAnn would win in suing her employer given the OSHA standards and, the reasonableness component of a negligence lawsuit:

  • Lori is an employee and on Monday her estranged husband comes to the workplace and causes a violent outburst and yells, "I'll be back!"
  • You are the employer.
  • You fortify the front entrance with a buzzer and hire a security guard from 9 am to 4 pm.
  • The estranged husband returns one late afternoon and shoots Lori andJoAnn, another employee.
  • JoAnnsues arguing you, the employer, were negligent in failing to protect and provide for a "safe working environment."

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