A state statute requires machinery in food processing plants to include automatic shut-off switches accessible to each employee working on the machine. Fruit Company's (FC's) equipment does not have the switches. Greg, an FC employee, suffers an injury that an accessible shut-off switch would have prevented. Greg's best ground for recovery is that FC committed

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Negligence per se occurs when a defendant violates a statute, and that violation results in harm to the plaintiff. In this case, FC violated the state statute requiring accessible shut-off switches, and Greg was injured as a result. Therefore, Greg's best ground for recovery is negligence per se.

A State Statute Requires Machinery in Food Processing Plants to Include