Stone hired mason as a salaried employee to work as a janitor in the common areas of stone's apartment building. mason was negligent in that he left a slippery, wet floor without putting up a warning or roping off the wet area. martha slipped and fell on this wet floor. who is liable for this accident?

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Valentina Acevedo

9 May, 20:59

Stone hired mason as a salaried employee to work as a janitor in the common areas of stone's apartment building. mason was negligent in that he left a slippery, wet floor without putting up a warning or roping off the wet area. martha slipped and fell on this wet floor. who is liable for this accident?

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Kaelyn Young · Answer 1

The company where Stone work would be liable for this accident.

Every company are required to give proper safety training for their employees.

If accident like this happen, Martha had the ground to sue the company for negligence because all of their workers acted on company's behalf.

Stone could fire the janitor, but he couldn't transfer the liability.