Business Law
FACTS: You are the owner and operator of a new electronics store in Baltimore City. Your grand opening will be Thanksgiving for a pre-Black Friday sale. You are selling brand new 70 inch Samsung televisions for $800.00 and the first 20 of those televisions for $500.00. Your doors will open at 9pm on Thanksgiving. You have 5 employees working at the store as cashiers and your other 5 employees working that day in other capacities, 2 of whom will open the doors at 9 pm. At approximately 8 pm, approximately 250 people are standing outside of your store’s entrance. At approximately 9 pm, the doors open and people storm your store. During the storm of people into your store, 3 people are injured. One person was injured when she fell and was trampled. The second person was in a wheelchair and was injured when they fell from their chair and was trampled. The third person was one of your employees that opened the door and he was trampled when as soon as he opened the doors, the people that stormed the store trampled him. All three persons file a lawsuit claiming negligence and/or gross negligence for the injuries they sustained. Who are they suing and what will the results be?