Mitch takes his two best suits to Quality Cleaners and receives a ticket as a receipt.Quality tells Mitch his suits will be cleaned and will be ready to be picked up on Monday.Another customer overhears the exchange and early on Monday goes to Quality,convinces the worker he is Mitch but that he has lost his receipt.He identifies and retrieves the suits,which happen to fit him perfectly too.Quality Cleaners

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Quality Cleaners had a duty to ensure that the person picking up the suits was the actual owner, and an ordinary care standard would require them to ask for identification before handing over the suits. Since the other customer was able to take the suits without proper identification and claim to be Mitch, Quality Cleaners breached their duty and is strictly liable to Mitch for the loss of his suits.

Mitch Takes His Two Best Suits to Quality Cleaners and Receives