Pine Tree Industries is in the logging and lumber industry.It has more than 15,000 employees. One morning in March 2020, a Pine Tree forkliftstored in a warehouse that doubled as a "parking garage"developed an oil leak.Rochelle, a Pine Tree manager, noticed that three prime parking spots near the elevator were saturated with oil from the forklift.She made a mental note to have someone post warning signs and clean the oil spill. But, in the end, she failed to do either. Later that same morning, Yvonne, a sales employee, slipped and fell on the oil spill as she was getting out of her car.Yvonne limped into Ed's fifth floor office to report the incident.Ed, Pine Tree's Director of Human Resources, nodded a few times, but paid no attention to what Yvonne was saying. He did not take notes or otherwise record the incident.

1.Discuss Yvonne's oil spill slip-and-fall in the parking garage.

a.Identify any potential legal liability faced by Pine Tree, and how the actions of Rochelle and Ed may affect Pine Tree's legal exposure.

b.Describe at least one change that you would make to Pine Tree's policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of future legal liability.