Ms. Mattingly, a well-to-do farmer, has a legal right to apply pesticides to her fruit trees....

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Ms. Mattingly, a well-to-do farmer, has a legal right to apply pesticides to her fruit trees. One year, she decided to hire a crop-dusting airplane to spread a pesticide on her orchard. An unexpected gust of wind blew the chemical onto a neighbor's beehives, killing all the bees. The neighbor sued Mattingly for the value of the 60 beehives. Mattingly argued that a good fruit farmer has to apply pesticides and that the crop duster had exercised extreme caution in applying the chemicals. a. Was Ms. Mattingly negligent? Should strict liability apply to this case? Give your reasons. b. How should Ms. Mattingly defend this case? c. How would you decide this case? Explain your answer. Ms. Mattingly, a well-to-do farmer, has a legal right to apply pesticides to her fruit trees. One year, she decided to hire a crop-dusting airplane to spread a pesticide on her orchard. An unexpected gust of wind blew the chemical onto a neighbor's beehives, killing all the bees. The neighbor sued Mattingly for the value of the 60 beehives. Mattingly argued that a good fruit farmer has to apply pesticides and that the crop duster had exercised extreme caution in applying the chemicals. a. Was Ms. Mattingly negligent? Should strict liability apply to this case? Give your reasons. b. How should Ms. Mattingly defend this case? c. How would you decide this case? Explain your answer.

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Answer Negligence and strict liability Ms Mattingly may be considered negligent in this case Negligence is generally determined by assessing whether a ... View the full answer