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I) It was Susan's turn to drive her three classmates to university, this time for the ?nal exam in the business law course. Unfortunately she had leG home late, and by the time she had picked up everyone else, they were in serious danger of arriving at least 10 minutes aGer the exam began. The weather was not good and the roads were obviously slippery-there were cars off to the side of the road in a number of locations. Susan's friends urged her to speed up, which she did, although as a relatively inexperienced driver she was uncomfortable handling the car under these conditions. As she approached a major intersection, the light turned amber, and Susan braked. When the car began to slide, Susan instinctively braked harder, causing the car to go out of control and enter the intersection, where it slid straight into the path of a car proceeding on a green light from the cross street. In the subsequent collision, one of the passengers in Susan's car, Jean-Guy, was seriously injured.
The police arrived and, aGer investigating the case, charged Susan with dangerous driving under the Criminal Code. In time it became clear that Jean-Guy's injuries had resulted not only in short-term harm-for example, because he could not sit his exam, he fell behind one term in his program-but also in permanent damage. In particular, his right arm and wrist were shattered and, being right-handed, he has and will continue to have limited manual dexterity. He was planning a career in IT and ?nds that these injuries severely affect his ability to perform basic tasks. For what categories of damages will Jean-Guy seek compensation?
II) Reginald Smith, an employee of UR Safe Ltd., a security company, broke into a branch of a bank that was a customer of UR Safe Ltd. Smith did so when he was not on shiG with UR Safe Ltd., and by using keys he had stolen from his employer. Using these keys, Smith gained access to the ATM room in the bank but could not ?gure out how to open the ATM combination lock. He was close to giving up when he noticed that the bank kept an ATM instruction manual on a shelf right beside the ATM in the ATM room. Smith read the manual and on that basis was able to open the safe. Is UR Safe Ltd. vicariously liable for Smith's tortious conduct? [footnote deleted]
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