In Cates Vs Mongini Bros A lady visited a restaurant and was injured by falling of a ceiling fan on ...........

General Knowledge (CLAT) Law of Torts

In Cates Vs. Mongini Bros. A lady visited a restaurant and was injured by falling of a ceiling fan on her. The falling of the fan was due to a laten defect in the metal of suspension rod of the fan. The defect could not have been discovered by a reasonable man - the lady claimed compensation -

It cannot succeed as restaurant owner owes no duty to every visitor

It cannot succeed as duty rests with owner

It cannot succeed as defect of fan was not foreseeable by a reasonable man

It cannot succeed as lady had not ordered to serve and up to the time she was not customer