CASE

Sayeeda operated a small food stand at an open-air market where farmers in close proximity to one another had set up makeshift stalls or tables to display their pro¬duce. To protect themselves from the hot sun, most had erected canvas or cloth canopies over their tables. The stand operated by Sayeeda was located in the midst of the covered stalls.

For the purpose of cooking a particular delicacy that she sold, Sayeeda had placed a tiny propane-fuelled stove on her tabletop and used it to boil a pot of oil. While she was serving a customer, a youth about 16 years old turned up the flame on the burner, and the oil immediately caught fire. In a frantic attempt to put out the fire, Sayeeda seized the flaming pot and flung it from her food stand. The youth was splashed with flaming oil and was seriously burned when his clothes caught fire.

The pot of burning oil landed in a nearby farmer's stall and set fire to the canopy that he had placed over it. The farmer kicked the flaming pot out of his stall and into a neighbouring stall, where it set fire to a quantity of paper that was used for food packaging.

Before the fire was finally extinguished, three stalls had been destroyed, and both the youth and Sayeeda hospitalized with serious burns.

Discuss the rights and liabilities of the parties involved in this incident.