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24. If the plaintiff sues the elevator company for damages for her injuries, she should recover
While a plaintiff was leaving an elevator, it suddenly dropped several inches, causing her to fall. An investigation of the accident revealed that the elevator dropped because it had been negligently maintained by an elevator company. The elevator company had a contract with the owner of the building to inspect and maintain the elevator. The plaintiff's fall severely aggravated a preexisting physical disability.
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A is incorrect. The injury must be foreseeable, but to find a defendant liable, the extent of the injury itself does not necessarily have to be foreseeable.
B is incorrect. As explained above, when negligence is found, the defendant must take the plaintiff as it finds her. The standard is not whether «an ordinarily prudent elevator passenger» would have been harmed to the same extent.
C is incorrect. This answer choice misstates the rule. The elevator company is not responsible for injuries not caused by its negligence, only for the aggravation of the disability.