Most of the lights located in the parking lot of the Songbir…

Most of the lights located in the parking lot of the Songbird restaurant are burned out.  They have been burned out for months.  All of the employees talk about how much they hate walking out to their cars at night in that environment. On social media, customers have commented on the burned out lights. Ultimately, a customer gets robbed and injured in the dark parking lot.  In litigation, it becomes apparent the owner, who lives in New Zealand, maintains he had no idea the lights were burned out.  In this instance, ________________________________________________________.