I'm in the hardware store, and there's only one hammer left. I need it, and so does Person #1. We agree to split the price and share the hammer, flipping a coin to see who gets to use it first. I win, and on my way out of the store, Person #2 speeds by on a motorcycle and grabs the hammer out of my hand. He screeches around the corner, and I hear the sound of breaking glass as Person #1 starts screaming at me for losing the hammer. We run around the corner to see the hammer protruding from my now-broken windshield and Person #2 and his motorcycle on the ground, having lost control on a pile of ball bearings that Person #1 had accidentally dropped on his way into the hardware store. Now all three of us are hospitalized, Person #1 and myself having beat the living daylights out of each other.

a. What was the name of the hardware store?

b. Person #2 wants to sue you. What result?

c. You are a judge in the Southern District of New York. You are also related to Person #2. You also sit on the board of directors of the hammer manufacturer. Person #2 wants to know of any remedies that may be available from legal action against the hardware store. Advise.