An individual comes onto property owned by the medical office, is drunk, has been told to leave, but remains in the building. There is a floor board in the front hallway that everyone knew needed to be fixed, but nothing has been done about it. The individual falls when the board gives way and breaks his leg. What is the responsibility of the medical office

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11. An individual comes onto property owned by the medical office, is drunk, has been told to leave, but remains in the building. There is a floor board in the front hallway that everyone knew needed to be fixed, but nothing has been done about it. The individual falls when the board gives way and breaks his leg. What is the responsibility of the medical office?
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Product Liability:

Manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, merchants, and others who make items available to the public are held liable for any harm caused by those products. Despite the fact that the term "product" has a broad meaning, product liability has generally been limited to items in the form of tangible personal property. 

Strict Liability: 

Strict responsibility is a level of liability in criminal and civil law under which a person is legally responsible for the results of an activity even if the defendant is not at fault or has no criminal intent.

Product responsibility, unusually harmful actions (e.g., blasting), livestock trespass onto another's land, and ownership of wild animals are all examples of strict liability in tort law.

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