Imagine instead that Harris tripped over his own shoelaces and fell off the platform onto the tracks nine feet below. Harris was trapped on the tracks and spent three minutes frantically trying to climb back up onto the platform before the train hit him and killed him. Would the new facts help or hurt the railroad's defense?

Currently, as of february 2016, an american traveling in france would be by the exchange rate. the weakness of the euro and the strength of the us dollar means that items in france cost less to an american than they otherwise would. of course, if this trend reverses and the us dollar weakens and the euro strengthens, such as was happening in early 2008, an american traveling in france would have an adverse experience because items would cost relatively more.