One evening, Ed and Jane went to a baseball game and while sitting in the left field bleachers, a fly ball was hit hard in their direction. As Ed was about to catch the ball, a couple of things happened: 1) Ed slipped on a hot dog bun that Jane had tossed on the floor below his seat (Ed knew that that the hot dog bun was there but he figured no big deal and did not perceive the bun as a danger). 2) A stadium light blew out as the ball was in the air and this caused Ed to lose track of the ball. Ed’s slip on the hot dog bun and the light going out caused the ball to fly into Ed’s face, causing him a head injury.
While Ed was being taken by ambulance to the hospital, the ambulance driver violated a state regulation that prohibited crossing double yellow lines on the highway. When the ambulance driver crossed the yellow line, a deer jumped out in the road, causing the ambulance driver to swerve and come to rest in a field next to a rock quarry owned by Company Z.
As the ambulance came to a stop, a planned dynamite explosion at the quarry caused a rock to fly through the ambulance window and hit Ed in the leg, breaking his leg. Ed sues: 1) Jane 2) the owner of the stadium 3) the owner of the baseball team whose player hit the ball 4) the ambulance company and 5) Company Z, the owner of the rock quarry. What will Ed argue? What will each of the defendants argue? How will the court rule on this case? Provide justification for your decision.