Plywood & Particleboard Mill, Inc., does not use proper filters on its stacks, which consequently pollute the air. Quinn, a Plywood & Particleboard employee, suffers respiratory illness. To succeed in a suit against the company on the ground of negligence, Quinn must show that he suffers from

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In a negligence suit, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant (Plywood & Particleboard) failed to use reasonable care to avoid harm to the plaintiff (Quinn). Therefore, option C is the correct choice. Option A and D are incorrect because they wrongly assume that the plaintiff needs to show a distinct harm or the same harm as that affecting the general public. Option B is also incorrect because it confuses the concept of harm with the concept of remedy (injunction), which is not relevant to the issue of negligence.