Basic Tort Law: Cases, Statutes, and Problems - Assignment Example

Consequently, this definition may be rightly put to imply the neglect of the use of ordinary care or skill towards a person to whom the defendant owes the duty of observing ordinary care and skill by which neglect, the plaintiff has suffered an injury to his person or property.

In the ensuing case of Prof. Robinson, a prima facie case of negligence can be brought, based on the elements of negligence: i. Duty of care owed to the plaintiff by the defendant. ii. A breach of the duty of care. iii. A cause in fact i.e. an actual causal connection between the harm caused to the plaintiff and the conduct of the defendant. iv. A proximate cause related to whether the harm could have been foreseen. v. Damages resulting from the conduct of the defendant. In articulating a case for the plaintiff, I would base it on these elements and factor out the following.

First, the defendant, ABC Go-Kart, owes everyone that enters the premise guarantee for their safety, especially when using their equipment and cars for racing. In this particular case, the defendant’s employee fails to inspect the brakes which result in the failure of the breaks Obama. As such an accident occurs and Robinson dies from it. Consequently, the defendant owes the plaintiff, a duty of care since it was expected that by the nature of the races that take place in the area, the waiting area should have been shielded from the tracks; thus, no wheels could fly and ram into those in the waiting area.

Therefore, based on these incidences, I find that the defendant breached the duty of care by failing to exercise reasonable care in ensuring that the wheels of the cars for racing are properly fitted and the braking system is working. Consequently, they failed to show reasonable care in that the waiting area was left open when the same, according to Pennsylvania law, ought to have been covered so people would not get hurt from such incidences. Therefore, a cause in fact may be determined on these two grounds in that had it not been for the defendant’s negligent actions, the injury through death would have not occurred to the plaintiff.

In considering the proximate cause for this incident, it is evident that ABC Go-Kart as the defendant would have foreseen such the scope of such an occurrence and taken adequate responsibility to prevent it. For instance, had they paid the mechanic well, he would have performed his duty accordingly and the brakes Obama would have not failed.