An employer's duty of care to employees is to exercise reasonable care, not to 'ensure' safety or prevent all accidents. A finding of breach requires evidence that a reasonable employer in the defendant's position would have taken the precaution alleged to have been omitted, including evidence of industry practice or other basis for the precaution. A finding on causation that an inspection would have revealed a latent defect must be supported by evidence, not merely by expert hypothesis unsupported by direct observation. The usual discount for vicissitudes of life on future economic loss is 2% to 10%, and such discounts should not be applied to identifiable future medical expenses.
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