Question

Persons who engage in abnormally dangerous activities such as crop dusting:

a. are liable only if the elements of negligence are proven against them

b are liable only if they intended to cause a particular injury

c none of these are correct

d are liable only in the event of latent defects

e are liable to persons they injure even if they are not negligent

f are generally not liable for the injuries they cause, because otherwise no one would undertake these activities

Answer 1

Answer is option 'e' i.e  are liable to persons they injure even if they are not negligent

Explanation:

The rule is that one who carries on an abnormally dangerous activity is subject to liability for harm to the person, land, or chattels of another resulting from the activity, although he has exercised the utmost care to prevent such harm. Such strict liability is limited to the kind of harm, the risk of which makes the activity abnormally dangerous.