GNG 4170 Chapter 2: negligence.2
29 Jun 2016
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A long established manufacturing company, acme ltd. , contemplating the possibility of a sale of some of its properties, retained an environmental consulting firm, e. inc. , to prepare an environmental compliance audit. The vice-president of e inc. , responsible for the performance of the environmental compliance audit, herself a professional engineer, turned the matter over to one of her department"s engineering employees. The engineering employee in question had only recently qualified as a professional engineer. However, on the basis of previous assignments, the vice-president had been very impressed by the young engineer"s abilities. The employee engineer carried out the environmental compliance audit with respect to each of the properties identified and e. inc. submitted its reports on each property. Included at the outset of each report was the following qualifying statement: This report was prepared by e inc. for the account of acme ltd.
