An Iowa state statute requires amusement parks to maintain equipment in specific condition for the protection of patrons. Jack's Fun Park fails to maintain its equipment. Kay, a patron, is injured. Jack's has committeda. a dram shop act. b. contributory negligence. c. negligence per se. d. res ipsa loquitur

The correct answer is letter "C": negligence per se.

Explanation:

Negligence per se is a concept of the United States law that finds an act to be reckless because it violates a statute. To prove negligence per se, the victim will usually show that the defendant violated the law, the act caused the kind of damage that the statute was intended to prevent, and he was a member of the protected class of the statute.