that the workers are getting hot and realizes he forgot to bring enough water: To keep everyone happy, Jerry asks Mel, a worker on the crew, to go to the nearest Walmart to get several packs of bottled water to get the crew through the day. Jerry tells Mel to hurry because the crew is getting upset there is no water and they are threatening to walk off the job because of the heat. Mel gets in the company truck that says "Excellent Construction, LLC$"$ on the side and leaves the job site to go get waters from Walmart. On his way, he is checking texts from his phone when he accidentally runs a red light and causes a car$-$accident with George, a local banker, who is leaving the bank on his lunch break. George is mad that his lunch break is ruined and calls Mel a "big jerk" for not paying attention. Mel is upset because, according to him, it is "just a little fender bender." Mellooks George straight in the eye and punches him in the face. Police pome and document the accident, after which, George has to go to the hospital to be treated as a result of Mel punching him in the face.

George saw Mel in the company truck at the accident scene and figures Excellent Construction, LLC has more money than Mel does, so he comes to you, his attorney, and asks if Excellent Construction, LLC can be held liable in court for A$)$ the accident caused by Mel and B$)$ the