Homer Sidway hired Alma Dixson, dba Home Improvers, to add a room onto his existing home. Sidway had done some electrical work in his attic some years earlier. He had done so without a permit, and there were exposed wires and other problems with the workmanship. When Dixson went into the attic to do the wiring for the new room, he was injured as result of a shock from one of the wires. Homer:

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Homer is liable to Alma for the failure to warn about the hazardous condition in the attic. As the homeowner, Homer had a duty to inform Alma of any known dangers that Alma would not be able to discover on his own. The fact that Homer had previously done electrical work without a permit and left exposed wires creates a known hazard that he should have communicated to Alma before the work began.

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