An employer has signed a contract to take out minerals from a mine. At the mine, an employee
decides that the best way to get at the minerals involved blasting. The employee properly sets the
dynamite charge, but the resulting blast causes property damage to an adjacent property. If that
property owner sues, the employer likely will be liable in vicarious liability because
A) dynamite is a dangerous instrumentality
B) the minerals were very valuable
C) the neighbor had no notice that blasting was to occur
D) the neighbor had made an oral waiver of liability
A
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).