Instructions:

• Please read the 3 cases and the question sets below them. Then choose 2 of the cases/question sets to answer.
• Review the Law Videos/Slides for your cases carefully before completing the assignment. Take your information from these sources and do not include information about other laws that are not relevant.
• Write 1+ paragraph(s) per case, fully answering the questions, in your own words, totalling 100-150 words per case.
• Do not recopy the Background or Questions; just answer the questions fully.
• Quotations are not required, but if you include any quotations from the ESA, keep them brief (maximum 2 sentences total per assignment) and include quotation marks, followed by the citation: (ESA)
• Proofread and correct spelling/grammar errors using Grammarly app and/or your word processor's spelling and grammar checkers. Also use your own eyes to check for and correct any errors the app(s) did not find. (You are recommended to proofread using a computer screen, or by printing the assignment on paper, if possible.)
• Submit your Case Report to the Schoology link provided before the deadline. (E-mail submissions NOT accepted.)

Plagiarism Warning:

• You must write the assignment using your own words and using your own original thinking or analysis.
• If you use any secondary sources (work published by an author on websites, or in books, journals or magazines) they should be there to support your own original words and thoughts, not to replace them
• If you use secondary sources you must use the 3-step process of citation:

1) put quotation marks ( ) around the text that is from another source

2) put in-text references in brackets following the citation and using the APA citation style

3) put a Reference List at the end of your assignment giving a detailed and alphabetized description of your secondary sources listed according to APA style requirements

• You must take these steps to protect your own work:

1. Do not share your assignment with anyone! If you give a classmate your work to look at even if you have not given them the permission to copy, you have participated in plagiarism and will be charged for it!
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Case A

Topic: Occupiers Liability*

Background:

On the day before winter semester, Betty came to Henderson College to pay her student fees. Her boyfriend Yoshi came with her, as he was also interested in studying at the college. After he talked with Student Services and picked up some brochures, Betty showed him around the campus, and they had lunch in the student lounge.

That morning, there was a heavy snowfall. After the College staff cleared the front entrance at 8:00 a.m., it continued to snow through the day, and no one came out to clear the snow. As Yoshi and Betty had lunch, the snow turned to rain, and then froze, creating a layer of ice in front of the main entrance.

On her way out the door, Betty slipped on the ice outside of the entrance. She grabbed on to Yoshi, and they both fell onto the hard concrete, Yoshi banging his head. He appeared to be breathing but unconscious.

At that moment, Davinder, a mail carrier for Canada Post, walked up the stairway to deliver mail to the College. Turning to look at Yoshi and Chika, he also fell on the ice.

Betty called an ambulance, and half an hour later, the three of them were warming up in the hospital. Betty had a broken wrist, Davinder had a broken kneecap, and Yoshi had a concussion. After receiving medical care, each of them contacted their lawyers for advice.

Questions for Case A:

Consider the position of the three plaintiffs, Betty, Davinder, and Yoshi:

1. Discuss the law surrounding occupiers liability. 2. Explain which of the following categories applies to each of the three plaintiffs:

• invitee
• licensee
• occupier
• trespasser

3. Will the College be liable to pay damages to any of the plaintiffs for occupiers liability? Why or why not?