Reference no: EM131720912

1. Linda was a guest in the Mardell Hotel. While walking across the hotel lobby, Linda slipped and fell on the wet floor and broke her leg. Linda required surgery to repair the broken leg. Just prior to Linda’s fall, the hotel floor had been washed by the maintenance staff. The staff had placed a “wet floor” sign on the lobby floor. Linda now wants to collect damages to compensate her for medical expenses for her broken leg. Is it likely Linda can collect compensatory damages to cover her medical expenses?

A. No, there was a sign posted warning about the wet floor; Linda assumed the risk by walking across the wet floor.

B. No, it is reasonable the hotel staff would need to clean the floor and after posting a warning sign, it is not foreseeable that people would walk on the wet floor and fall.

C. Yes, the hotel had a duty to protect guests from known harm on the premises of the hotel.

D. Yes, unless the warning sign was large and conspicuous.

2. Someone who recovers damages for breach of contract typically can recover:

A. Only those compensatory damages/losses that can be proven with reasonable certainty.

B. For all consequences of the breach, e.g., pain and suffering, whether or not the damages are foreseeable.

C. Only for foreseeable damages.

D. Punitive damages.