Which of the following activities (all of which cause serious injuries) is not an example for application of the doctrine of strict liability?
A) A welder,injured on the job in an automobile assembly plant,qualifies for payments under workers' compensation.
B) An elephant,used for many years to help raise a big circus tent,for an unknown reason goes berserk and seriously injures several onlookers among a large group of local residents watching the activity.
C) A heavy duty truck runs a red light and plows into an automobile in a downtown intersection,killing all of the occupants.
D) An undetected defect in the steering mechanism of a heavy-duty truck causes it to crash,killing its driver.
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