Any injury to an individual which is caused by another is called a tort. We have learned so far that these torts fall under three specific types, intentional, negligence and strict liability. I am sure that if I was to sit and reflect on the past that I would be able to recall being a victim, more than once, to some form of a tort and this is probably true for most people.
Most restaurants have worked so hard to get rid of any potential tort issues because of previous incidents(not necessarily incidents that happened to them but incidents that may have happened to other establishments) that it was a difficult undertaking to go out there and find some of these issues. It was very hard to visit a restaurant once and find five examples of torts. I had to choose somewhere I was familiar with and somewhere I go regularly so "TGI Fridays" seemed like a good candidate to fall under my scrutiny. I have been there many times and would usually have nothing bad to say about them but this time I was being mindful about it and really took everything in my surroundings into account.
The first thing I noticed after I walked in and was seated at my table, was the large decoration above my table in the form of a model airplane. It was quite large and was made of metal so I thought to myself, suppose I was sitting here eating and for some reason it was to fall. Somewhat unlikely it would happen to me at that point but what about the many other people who sit at the same table over a period of time, all it would take was one loose screw. They could really be in trouble if this was to happen and somebody got hurt. These decorations make the place what it is and improve the ambience so it would ruin it to get rid of them all together, ...