You and two other business associates are owners of a limited liability corporation that owns and operates several restaurants. One of your waiters takes an order for hot tea from a customer seated at a table. The waiter places a teapot of hot water and a teacup with a tea bag on the table and turns to take an order from a customer at another table. As the waiter turns, he bumps into a third customer on her way to the restroom. The waiter jostles the table with the teapot, spilling hot water into the lap of the first customer who has to be taken to the hospital by ambulance because of burns.

1. Would this be a tort? If so, would it be an intentional or an unintentional tort? 

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Yes this would be considered a tort A tort is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or ... View the full answer