A state statute requires machinery in food processing plants to include automatic shut-off switches that are accessible to each employee working on the ma?chine.Fruit Company's (FC's)equipment does not have the switches.Greg,an FC employee,suffers an injury that an accessible shut-off switch would have prevented.Greg's best ground for recovery is that FC committed

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Negligence per se applies when a defendant violated a statute or regulation designed to prevent the type of injury that occurred. In this case, FC violated a state statute requiring automatic shut-off switches, which were designed to prevent employee injuries. Therefore, Greg's best ground for recovery would be negligence per se.

A State Statute Requires Machinery in Food Processing Plants to Include