Which of the following is the applicable standard used in determining the liability of a common carrier when harm befalls property that is the subject of a bailment placed in the care of the carrier?
A) The carrier is liable only if ordinary or gross negligence can be proven.
B) The carrier is liable only if gross negligence can be proven.
C) The carrier is liable only if it can be proven that the carrier acted in a reckless manner.
D) The carrier is generally strictly liable for harm to the bailed property.
E) Because of the doctrine of assumption of risk, the carrier is not liable for harm to the bailed property.

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Because the bailee is a common carrier, he or she is held to a higher standard of care: the standard of strict liability in protecting the bailed property. The only situations in which the common carrier will not be liable for harm to the bailed property are those in which the injury was caused by an act of God, an act of a public enemy, an act of the shipper, or the inherent nature of the good.

Which of the Following Is the Applicable Standard Used in Determining