Fact Pattern 48-1B (Questions B18-B19 apply)
Truck & Transfer Inc. agrees to pick up two containers for United Home Products Corporation and store their contents, to be delivered later. While Truck & Transfer un?loads one container, the other disappears from the company's loading dock.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 48-1B. Truck & Transfer can avoid liability
A) by proof that Truck & Transfer was not negligent.
B) by proof that Truck & Transfer's loading dock is in a high-crime area.
C) by proof that United Home was negligent in hiring TTC.
D) under any circumstances.

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Truck & Transfer can avoid liability by proving that they were not negligent in the disappearance of the container. They have a duty to exercise reasonable care in the handling and storage of United Home's property. If they can show that they took all necessary precautions, such as having adequate security measures in place, then they can avoid liability. The fact that the loading dock is in a high-crime area or that United Home may have been negligent in hiring Truck & Transfer are not relevant to Truck & Transfer's duty of care in this situation.

Fact Pattern 48-1B (Questions B18-B19 Apply)