A fan at a baseball stadium is hit by a baseball.Under what circumstances could the owner of the stadium be held liable for resulting injuries?
A)If the owner of the stadium was aware of a chance that a ball would strike a patron and failed to cancel the game,despite the risk.
B)In all circumstances where a ball hits game attendees,regardless of any other factors.
C)If the stadium owner took all cost-effective precautions but failed to take part in a multi-million dollar research effort to construct a robot to intercept foul balls.
D)If the baseball team was the home team and not the visiting team.
E)If the stadium owner failed to fulfill its duty to provide reasonable protection because there were no barriers or other measures taken to protect game attendees from being struck by the ball.

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A)The courts generally hold that businesses have a duty of care to protect their customers against foreseeable risks about which the owner knew or reasonably should have known.Courts have found that the limited duty of care owed to patrons is usually fulfilled by putting up barriers in areas of high risk and providing written and audio announcements of the dangers of foul balls
B)The courts generally hold that businesses have a duty of care to protect their customers against foreseeable risks about which the owner knew or reasonably should have known.Courts have found that the limited duty of care owed to patrons is usually fulfilled by putting up barriers in areas of high risk and providing written and audio announcements of the dangers of foul balls
C)The courts generally hold that businesses have a duty of care to protect their customers against foreseeable risks about which the owner knew or reasonably should have known.Courts have found that the limited duty of care owed to patrons is usually fulfilled by putting up barriers in areas of high risk and providing written and audio announcements of the dangers of foul balls
D)The courts generally hold that businesses have a duty of care to protect their customers against foreseeable risks about which the owner knew or reasonably should have known.Courts have found that the limited duty of care owed to patrons is usually fulfilled by putting up barriers in areas of high risk and providing written and audio announcements of the dangers of foul balls
E)The courts generally hold that businesses have a duty of care to protect their customers against foreseeable risks about which the owner knew or reasonably should have known.Courts have found that the limited duty of care owed to patrons is usually fulfilled by putting up barriers in areas of high risk and providing written and audio announcements of the dangers of foul balls

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