Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business 18th Edition by John Ashcroft ,Janet Ashcroft

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FMC Corporation hired Quality Carriers Inc. to transport a hazardous material, lithium butoxide, in containers called "isotainers" from Optima Chemical Group, LLC's plant in Georgia to FMC's plant in North Carolina. FMC leased the isotainers and the chassis on which they were hauled and provided them to Quality. After delivering a load of lithium butoxide to North Carolina, the driver drove the isotainer, described as empty in FMC's bill of lading, back to Optima's plant. About six hours after the isotainer was delivered to Optima, its employees Alvin Booth and Kenneth Wilson prepared to connect a hose to reload the isotainer with lithium butoxide. Booth accidentally made contact with a liquid discharge relief valve. It hissed and then exploded, spraying Booth with lithium butoxide and causing disabling injuries. Booth sued Quality, alleging that as a common carrier it was required to keep the isotainer in safe condition. Was it? [Booth v. Quality Carriers Inc., 623 S.E.2d 244 (Ga. Ct. App.)]