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Module 4 Canadian Law

Case Study

Read the following cases and answer the questions which follow

Case I 

H suffered an ankle injury when she fell at the foot of an outside staircase beside the hotel that she worked. The poorly lit staircase went down a steep slope; at the base was a concrete slab. H had previously worked at the hotel and had used the staircase without incident at least 25 times. The staircase had been used extensively by the public for more than eight years without incident. The trial judge found that H had failed to take proper care to ensure her own safety. 

1. Is the Hotels guilty of negligence and putting staff and guests at risk? 
2. How can the organization take steps to reduce these risk as it pertains to the property.

Case 2

The plaintiff contracted typhoid fever a week after eating food that he had consumed as a guest attending a wedding reception catered by the defendant. The source of the disease was a typhus-carrying employee of the defendant. The disease was transmitted to the food when the carrier failed to wash her hands after using the bathroom. 

1. Is the defendant guilty of negligence? 
2. What are the food service organization's responsibilities as it relates to food safety?
3. How can the organization take steps to reduce these risk as it pertains to food safety.