The movers have to bring the piano in through the open window on the third floor. The rope breaks and falls on Carmen's car. Under what theory can she recover damages.
A) assumption of risk
B) strict liability
C) res ipsa loquitur
D) negligence per se

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Res ipsa loquitur applies here as it allows for the presumption of negligence when an accident occurs under circumstances that ordinarily would not happen without negligence, and the instrumentality causing the injury was under the control of the defendant.

The Movers Have to Bring the Piano in Through the Open